{"id":146,"date":"2016-12-31T03:58:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2016-12-31T03:58:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:01","slug":"matching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/what-is-academic-writing\/matching\/","title":{"rendered":"Matching"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice WEquizMultipleChoice WEquizMix\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"assessment\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_qmark.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>What is academic writing?<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:People-woman-girl-writing.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/4\/46\/People-woman-girl-writing.jpg\/300px-People-woman-girl-writing.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Different types of academic writing<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this section you are going to further explore features of academic writing. Here is a list of statements. Decide whether each one is <i>true<\/i> or <i>false<\/i> based on your reading in the previous section.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> There is only one type of academic writing.\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>. The main types of academic writing are summarize, define, classify, compare\/contrast, analyze, argue and synthesize. Remember, larger papers may use involve all these types of writing.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>.  The main types of academic writing are summarize, define, classify, compare\/contrast, analyze, argue and synthesize. Remember, larger papers may use involve all these types of writing.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> In an assignment, &#8220;What\u201d questions usually prompt the writing of analysis essays.\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  &#8220;What\u201d questions usually prompt the writing of summaries, definitions, classifications, and sometimes compare-and-contrast essays. For example, \u201cWhat does Jones see as the main elements of Huey Long\u2019s populist appeal?\u201d or \u201cWhat happened when you heated the chemical solution?\u201d\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>. &#8220;What\u201d questions usually prompt the writing of summaries, definitions, classifications, and sometimes compare-and-contrast essays. For example, \u201cWhat does Jones see as the main elements of Huey Long\u2019s populist appeal?\u201d or \u201cWhat happened when you heated the chemical solution?\u201d\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Understanding the terms of the assignment is as important as good writing.\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>. Successful academic writing starts with recognizing what the instructor is requesting, or what you are required to do. Paying close attention to the assignment is key.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>.  Successful academic writing starts with recognizing what the instructor is requesting, or what you are required to do. Paying close attention to the assignment is key.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> One of the main differences between secondary school and college\/university level writing is that writing is a part of almost every class.\n<ul>\n<li> True\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Correct<\/b>. In classes other than English, many high school teachers must focus on an established body of information and judge students using tests. Often writing itself is not directly addressed in such classes.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> False\n<ul>\n<li> <b>Incorrect<\/b>. In classes other than English, many high school teachers must focus on an established body of information and judge students using tests. Often writing itself is not directly addressed in such classes.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Comment.gif\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Comment.gif\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/d\/db\/Comment.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a>:<span style=\"color: green; background-color: #F6F9ED\"> There&#8217;s a problem with the bullet lists.<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.052 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.057 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 131\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1126\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 13872\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 11391\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 9\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:180065-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161230162028 and revision id 1020753\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/what-is-academic-writing\/required-reading\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/what-is-academic-writing\/know-your-weaknesses\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Previous Next \u2192<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":138,"menu_order":1900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}