Academic Writing

PART 3
3.1 Approaches to Vocabulary
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Discussing language
Examples are provided in 3.
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Practice
(b) statement
(i)
simile
(c) anecdote
(j)
proverb
(d) saying
(k)
synopsis
(e) euphemism
(m)
slogan
(f) metaphor
(n)
ambiguity
(g) understatement
(o)
cliché
(h) paradox
4
Confusing pairs
(a) principles
(e)
its
(b) lose
(f)
economic
(c) affect
(g)
accepted
(d) compliments
3.2 Abbreviations
6
Practice
(a) information and communications technology/higher education/and others
(b) genetically modified/for example
(c) that is/the World Trade Organisation
(d) Note/curricula vitae/Human Resources
(e) approximately/Before common era
(f) The European Union/Value Added Tax
(g) Doctor of Philosophy (thesis)/Tuberculosis/south east
(h) Figure 4/world wide web
(i)
Vice-Chancellor/Postgraduate Certificate of Education
(j)
Public relations/approximately/$75,000
(k) With reference to/Annual General Meeting/as soon as possible
(l)
Professor/Master of Science/Master of Arts
3.3 Academic Vocabulary: Nouns and Adjectives
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Nouns
(NB: Not all these words have close synonyms. This list is a guide to approximate meaning. Students
should use a dictionary for a full understanding.)
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ANSWERS

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accuracy – precision

analysis – examination
approach – angle of study
assessment – test
assumption – informed guess
authority – expert
category – type
claim – argument
controversy – debate
correlation – link
deterrent – disincentive
emphasis – weight put on one area
evidence – proof
exception – different thing
extract – part of a longer work
ideology – belief
implication – unstated suggestion
innovation – new introduction
intuition – understanding without thinking
motivation – incentive
perspective – angle of study
phenomenon – unusual event
policy – formal guidelines
preference – favourite choice
process – series of stages
proposal – suggestion
provision – supply
sequence – series of stages
strategy – plan
substitute – replacement
technique – method
validity – truth
(a) evidence
(b) suggestions
(c) intuition
(d) provision
(e) claim