ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

I.A.FILL IN THE BLANK

Outline Professional written Passive voice

document
Proofreading Professional and
academic writing

1._________ includes writing by people who need to communicate

academic professional and technical information.

2. This most commonly be an impersonal style using the _________

3. There are many instances in one’s professional or academic career

when producing a ________

4. _________ is an important part of any writing process.

5. __________ the paragraph before writing to make sure your thoughts

flow logically from one to the next, rather than giving the impression of free
association.

B.TRUE OR FALSE

_____ 6. Like all fiction writing academic and professional writing is about
the clear and concise communication of information.

_____ 7. For the language to be invisible to the reader it has to be perfect

and easy to read.

______8. Maintaining a professional and serious tone in professional

writing is not important.

C. ACRONYMS

9. IMRAD –

10. CSA –
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II A. ENUMERATION

*GIVE 4 MAIN ASPECT TO FOCUS ON SELF-EDITING (1-4)

*GIVE 4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTS (5-8)

B. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE

For the language to be invisible to the reader it has to be 9._____ and

10._____to read.

III A. DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. Succinct -

2. Proofreading-

3. Cadence-

4. Riddled-

B. ENUMERATION

*GIVE AT LEAST 3 EXAMPLES OF EXTRANEOUS WORDS (5-7)

C. ESSAY (3POINTS)

Why it is important to use third person point of view?

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KEY ANSWER
I.A
1. Professional and academic writing
2. Passive voice
3. Professional written document
4. Proofreading
5. Outline
B.
6. False
7. True
8. False
C.
9. Introduction Methods Results And Discussion
10. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

II A.
1. Content
2. clarity and conciseness
3. spelling and grammar
4. citation correctness
5. reports
6. summaries
7. papers
8. presentations
B.
9. Perfect
10. Easy

III A.
1. Short but meaningful or clear
2. self-editing
3. rhythm
4. any mistake
B.
Quite
Definitely
Very
Some what
C.
The use of third person is an important part of retaining a formal tone in writing