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How to be a critical reader
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1.8 Style and language

The aim of the next activity is to look more specifically at the style and language of Text 3, ‘The accounting cycle: students then and now’.

Activity 8

Task 1

Read Text 3 again and say whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the text. Give examples to support your view or make comments.

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a. 

Agree


b. 

Disagree


The correct answer is a.

Question 1b

Example or comments

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Answer

It uses ‘I’ and personal views and opinions all the way through.

a. 

Agree


b. 

Disagree


The correct answer is a.

Question 2b

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Answer

It uses general formal words such as education process, distribution of students.

a. 

Agree


b. 

Disagree


The correct answer is a.

Question 3b

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Answer

Today’s students are uneducated. Today’s students cannot read critically.

a. 

Agree


b. 

Disagree


The correct answer is a.

Question 4b

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Answer

Worst of all is attitude.

a. 

Agree


b. 

Disagree


The correct answer is a.

Question 5b

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Answer

All paragraphs are logical and one paragraph leads logically to the next.

Comment

Did you agree with the statements? The text is well organised and contains general academic language, but it does not conform to academic convention in the ways you have already seen.