Academic Text Reading Skills Quiz
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Which of the following best defines academic text?

  • Text that is used for entertainment purposes
  • Text that involves practical or technical skills
  • Text that is written in a complex and difficult language
  • Text that relates to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities (correct)

    • What does the term 'text' refer to in linguistics?

  • Any form of communication
  • Any stretch of language perceived as a connected purposeful whole (correct)
  • Any written piece of work
  • Any language that can be understood in context

    • Which of the following is an example of a text?

  • A stop sign
  • A piece of music
  • A novel (correct)
  • A painting

    • What does the term 'academic' relate to?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'academic text' differentiate?

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    In linguistics, 'text' is defined as 'any stretch of language perceived as a connected ________ whole'

    <p>purposeful</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Academic text is characterized by its focus on ________ rather than practical or technical skills.

    <p>studying and reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An example of a text can be as simple as ________ words, such as a stop sign.

    <p>1-2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Don Quixote is an example of a _________.

    <p>novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Text refers to ________ rather than form.

    <p>content</p> Signup and view all the answers

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