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INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONMODULE 6 – TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS
UNIT 16 – EFFECTIVE WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
- A permanent recording of opinions and ideas of various experience which gave rise to such knowledge is called Answer: Writing
- The qualities of good writing include: _______ Answer: Economy, simplicity and conciseness
- When a write avoids verbosity and high-flown pompous language that never conveys the message, such writing is obeying the quality of _________ Answer: Simplicity
- The quality of _______ demands that our sentences should be devoid of unnecessary words and expressions Answer: Economy
- Avoid vague and obscure writings that can impede is the tenet of ____ quality. Answer: Conciseness
- The way writing is dressed up to fit the specific context, purpose and audience is called _____ Answer: Writing Style
- The components of style are _____ Answer: Word Choice, Sentence fluency and writer’s voice
- ______ is a vehicle with which ideas are conveyed verbally and in written form. Answer: Language
- Answer: Precision, Consciences and cohesion
- The basic unit of written communication is the _____ Answer: Sentence
UNIT 17 – THE ROLE OF PARAGRAPHING THE ACADEMIC WRITINGS
- The following are true of paragraphing except one. Answer: A – It dismembers sentences in an essay.
- A group of related sentences that express a main idea in a composition is called a ______ Answer: Paragraph
- The sentence that contains the central or controlling idea of a paragraph is known as ______ Answer: The Topic Sentence
- The three parts of a paragraph are _______ Answer: A topic sentence, supporting sentence and a concluding sentence
- A paragraph must be more than one sentence. Answer: False
- The essential qualities of a paragraph are ______ Answer: Unity, Coherence and Adequate development
- A paragraph that ensures a smooth flow of thought from one sentence to another is said to be ______ Answer: Coherent
- Coherence requires all but one of these: Answer: B – focuses on one main idea
- A paragraph without a logical connection between the topic sentence and other sentences in the paragraph lacks ______ Answer: Coherence
- When a paragraph gives sufficient information about its main or controlling idea that it gives a sense of completeness, it is said to be _______ Answer: adequately developed
- Using any topic of your choice, write a defining paragraph
UNIT EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN – ESSAY LETTER WRITING
- Use your address to illustrate the blocked and slanted forms of address writing
- Is Nigeria’s democracy working? Write an essay of not more than 300 words either in support of or against Democracy in Nigeria.
Unit Twenty, Twenty one and Twenty two
- Name any two types of academic writing. Answer: Term papers and Projects/Long Essays
- An academic essay of modern length for which a topic is assigned or chosen at the beginning of a term or semester is known as____. Answer: A Term Paper
- The three stages of writing of term paper are _______. Answer: Pre-writing, Writing and Post-writing
- List the titles of preliminary pages of a term paper. Answer: Title page, Acknowledgement, Dedication, Table of Content and Abstract
- The chapter that introduces the topic and gives the background to the study is called ____ Answer: Introduction
- The brief summary of your term paper captured in about 200 words is called ______ Answer: Abstract
- That aspect that enables you to know the volume of research already done in your chosen topic is called ______. Answer: The review of relevant/relate Literature
- APA means ______ Answer: American Psychological Association
- The words which you really quoted or paraphrased in your term paper are documented under ____ Answer: References or Bibliography
- All books relevant to your term paper whether cited or not are documented under _____ Answer: References
- While doing your academic writings, your sources of information must be Answer: Reliable, accurate, objective and up-to-date
- Sources of information for writing are grouped as Answer: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources
- The raw material, firsthand information or original thinking relevant to your research are called ____ Answer: Primary Sources
- Accounts of events created well after the event occurred are known as _____ Answer: Secondary Sources
- The sources that compiles or digest other sources are known as _____ Answer: Tertiary Sources
- Encyclopedias and Wikipedia are examples of ________ Answer: Tertiary Sources
- A paper that presents in a systematic manner the results of an investigation or experiment is known as _____ Answer: Research paper
- The documentation style for those in history, philosophy and other humanities is Answer: The Chicago documentation style
- ______ documentation style is used by researchers in life sciences, physical sciences and mathematics. Answer: CSE documentation style
- Researchers and writer in English and other foreign languages use ______ documentation style. Answer: MLA documentation style
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