Past Paper ENG-204 (Advance Academic Reading and Writing) 2017 | Semester Four BS English (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Objective Type

1. Choose one option only. (10) 

(i) Argument is a group of statement leading to: (description, narration, conclusion, translation) 

(ii) Hypothesis is: (illogical statement, ending statement of an argument, supporting statement of an argument, beginning statement of an argument) 

(iii) Reading is a complex cognitive process of: (encoding symbols, decoding symbols, distorting symbols, none of these) 

(iv) Expository essays can (compare and examine, argument and explore, examine problems, compare, exploare and discuss problems) 

(v) Thesis statement conveys: (impressions and feelings towards topic, sign and symbols of topic, illogical idea, purpose of the topic) 

(vi) In descriptive essays, the author uses: (ornamental language, accurate language, imaginative language, ambiguous language) 

(vii) A long report is: (memo, informal report, short report, formal report) 

(viii) Constructing an informed arguments asks you to first (evaluate, analyze, synthesize, summarize) 

(ix) Looking for particular information while reading can be termed as: (decoding, clustering, scanning, skimming) 

(x) SQ3R stands for (strategy - question - reader - ramp / sum up - quality - revise - rewrite - read / sort out - quantity - remember - recall - rearrange / survey - questions - read - recite - review) 

Subjective

2. Write short answers to the following questions. (20) 

(i) What are faulty reading habits? 

(ii) How could you structure an expository writing? 

(iii) Differentiate skimming from scaning in detail. 

(iv) What are the objectives of writing a paragraph? 

(v) How can subjective and emotive language can be avoided in Academic Writing? 

3. Write brief answers to the following. (30) 

(i) Describe the basic principles of Report Writing. 

(ii) Define three steps from Blooms Taxonomy. 

(iii) Write a descriptive paragraph on the topic "A Cell Phone".