Technical English and Report Writing M.ScIT 1st Term 2016 Past Paper UOS

Subject: I. T
Paper: Technical English & Report Writing (Eng: 2413)
Time Allowed: 2:30 Hour
Maximum Marks: 80

Objective Part (Compulsory)

Q.1. Write short answers of the followings. (16*2)

i. What is ‘summarizing’?
ii. What is an ‘emphatic sentence’?
iii. What is the difference between coherence and cohesion?
iv. What is ‘synthesizing’?
v. Differentiate between purpose and strategy.
vi. What is speech anxiety?
vii. Define ‘thesis’.
viii. Why meetings play vital role in group writing?
ix. Define applied research?
x. What is meant by chronicle pattern of organizing information?
xi. How can one meets the requirements of one’s audience?
xii. Enlist the methods of organized information.
xiii. What are the functions of mind mapping?
xiv. Define plagiarism.
xv. What is meant by cubing in a draft?
xvi. Write down the difference between academic and public writing?

Subjective Part (3*16)

Q.2. What is persuasive speaking? Elaborate.

Q.3. Explain critical reading. Describe the difference between reading to understand and reading to respond and how reading can be turned into writing?

Q.4. Elaborate the myths and realities about writing by keeping in view electronic communities.

Q.5. Web writing is different from traditional writing. Give reasons.

Q.6. What is brain storming? Discuss in detail.