Undergraduate Students on Academic Writing: Checking Your Understanding

Undergraduate Students on Academic Writing

Checking Your Understanding Questions

After watching Undergraduate Students on Academic Writing, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

Question 1.

What two types of writing are the students comparing?

Choice A, writing in college and writing after graduation

Choice B, writing fiction and writing nonfiction

Choice C, writing in high school and writing in college

Choice D, writing in the humanities and writing in the sciences

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 2.

How does Sam feel that writing in college is different?

Choice A, Students, not teachers, choose the topics.

Choice B, Teachers assign much longer papers.

Choice C, Students work in groups to write papers.

Choice D, Teachers grade much more harshly.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 3.

What surprised Gena about writing in college?

Choice A, It was easier than writing in high school.

Choice B, It was more than analyzing literature.

Choice C, She only wrote lab reports.

Choice D, She had fewer assignments.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 4.

What kinds of assignments does Alexandria classify as college writing?

Choice A, lab reports and research proposals

Choice B, explaining her work for math problems

Choice C, essays on early childhood development

Choice D, definition papers and analysis of books

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 5.

What kinds of assignments does Alexandria classify as high school writing?

Choice A, lab reports and research proposals

Choice B, explaining her work for math problems

Choice C, essays on early childhood development

Choice D, definition papers and analysis of books

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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