Reading
Writing
Citation
Grammar
Vocabulary
100
When you go through the text quickly and identify the main ideas.
What is skimming?
100
It is to an essay what a topic sentence is to a paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
100
When you start a paraphrase or a summary you need to mention this in italics.
What is the title of a book?
100
This is an error that usually occurs when there is a subject only, or a verb only, or both but with no complete meaning.
What is a Sentence Fragment?
100
It is a VERB that means "to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time"
What is ESTABLISH?
200
You do this when you look for specific details in a text.
What is scanning?
200
You can make suggestions, call to action or predict in this part of a multi-paragraph writing.
What is a conclusion?
200
The page number of a particular quotation is this type of citation.
What is in-text citation?
200
Reporting Verbs are always used in this verb tense.
What is the present tense?
200
It is a NOUN that means: "a planned series of actions for achieving something"
What is STRATEGY"?
300
You use this context clue to guess the meaning of the word "Statistics" in this sentence. "Statistics involves using math to make predictions"
What is definition?
300
You need to avoid a personal expression of this in academic writing.
What is opinion?
300
In a Bibliography, last names of authors are listed in this order.
What is alphabetical order?
300
If you talk about a certain change that happened and is still happening in society, this is the best verb tense to use.
What is the Present Perfect Tense?
300
It is a VERB that means"to take part in an activity or event"
What is PARTICIPATE?
400
It includes distinguishing fact from opinion, understanding connotative language, and identifying bias.
What is critical reading?
400
Using words from this list can help raise the level of formality in your writing.
What is AWL (Academic Word List)?
400
It is the citation style used for the field of Psychology.
What is APA?
400
It is a NOUN that means "special attention or importance"
What is EMPHASIS?
500
Critical readers evaluate this to see if it is reliable or not.
What is evidence/support?
500
It is the opposite of a situation where writers use many words or phrases instead of only a few to express an idea.
What is conciseness?
500
MLA is an acronym for this.
What is Modern Language Association?
500
"Fiona spends a long time studying in the library; she can focus there" is this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
500
It is a VERB that means "To combine one or two elements to make something more effective."
What is INTEGRATE?
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