Questão 953794

Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.

What Is Academic?

Lindsay Kramer

01 You learn a lot in college, and not all of it can be found in the course catalog. A lot of the

02 skills you acquire you find yourself having to master on your own: managing your time,

03 researching efficiently, and making ramen noodles in a coffee pot. Another skill you need to

04 master is academic writing, wich isn’t like other types of paper; it’s formal, it’s objective, and

05 for a lot of students just starting college, it can be daunting. But once you break down the

06 fundamentals of academic writing and examine them piece by piece, you’ll see they’re nothing

07 to be afraid of.

08 Perhaps the most prominent characteristic of academic writing is the emphasis on

09 adhering to a style guide. In most cases, you’ll lose credit if you don’t. Beyond that, there’s the

10 use of formal language, focusing on clarity and conciseness. Many writers confuse formal with

11 flowery, but formal language uses the most accurate, non-colloquial terminology available to

12 communicate the author’s points. Overall, clarity and conciseness are your main goals.

13 When it comes to grammar, academic writing is prescriptive. By that, we mean there are

14 specific grammar and style rules that you must follow. These rules come from two sources: the

15 style guide for the piece you’re working on, and generally established conventions for academic

16 writing. Your paper also needs to be formatted according to the style guide for your assignment.

17 Formatting includes how you number your pages, what’s included in your header and footer, how

18 the contents of your cover page are ordered, and how your citations and references are

19 formatted.

20 Think of an academic paper as a formal event. Therefore, your writing needs to show up

21 “dressed appropriately.” If the language you use with your friends ___ shorts and sandals, and

22 the language you use with your professor ___ khakis and a polo, the language in your academic

23 writing needs ___ a tuxedo.

Adapted from: grammarly.com/blog/academic-writing/

Consider the sentence “how you number your pages” (l. 17) S1, and the sentence “how the contents of your cover page are ordered” (l. 17-18) S2; then analyze the following statements about them:

I. In S1, the word “number” is a noun.

II. In S2, the word “how” is an adverb.

III. S1 is written in active voice, and S2 is written in passive voice.

Which statements are correct?