What needs consideration when writing academically?

The use of a formal, or serious tone

How can we achieve cohesion and coherence?

refer backwards, forwards and use connectives

Which of the following is a QUTIC rule of academic writing?

Citations are required to support academic arguments

How can we refer to the main topic?

Use repetition, pronouns and synonyms

How can we use connectives in our sentences?

At the start to connect to the previous sentence

What is a student's writing ability directly linked to?

Writing ability is directly linked to reading competence

Choose another QUTIC academic writing rule?

A writer must clearly state the author's point

The text begins with the main focus and develops subtopics

What is referencing backwards?

When we refer to our previous written statement

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Western academic writing ; Narrowing; Cohesion and coherence; Reference to the main topic & subtopics; Reference forwards or backwards; Connectives; Language of argument; Academic tone.

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What needs consideration when writing academically?
The inclusion of big impressive words
The use of a formal, or serious tone
The use of pronouns to demonstrate your personal opinion
2
How would you describe the word feature 'because'?
It is an excuse
It is a signpost
It is a connective
3
How can we achieve cohesion and coherence?
refer to the main idea and then analyse
Listen carefully in lectures!
refer backwards, forwards and use connectives
4
Which of the following is a QUTIC rule of academic writing?
Citations are required to support academic arguments
Academic writing does not always use a formal tone
Academic writing rules are the same in every university
5
How can we refer to the main topic?
Use punctuation, including pauses and question marks
Use repetition, pronouns and synonyms
Use a thesaurus
6
How can we use connectives in our sentences?
At the end to prove a point
Connectives are not used in writing sentences
At the start to connect to the previous sentence
7
What is a student's writing ability directly linked to?
Writing ability is directly linked to reading competence
Writing ability is directly linked to study habits
Writing ability is directly linked to research
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Choose another QUTIC academic writing rule?
A writer must clearly state the author's point
A writer can digress when arguing an author's point
A writer can write whatever they want
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What is narrowing?
The text begins with the main focus and develops subtopics
The text concludes with summarising the main topic
The tex begin with an analysis of the first idea
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What is referencing backwards?
When we refer to our previous written statement
When we go back and repeat a point
When we edit our work and write it again

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