Genre Outline
Discussion
reader directives
stick to key words from Intro.
careful with modals
important information in strong sentences
language that shows significance of findings
phrases to show agreement to past research
general content
recommended future research
evaluation of the methods
limitations of the study
broader context
extension of findings to other situations?
practical applications of results?
theoretical implications?
explain plausibility of
exceptions
contraditions
agreements
explain how results relate to lit.cited in intro
exceptions to the rule?
contradict?
agree?
describe patterns, principles, relationships from data
summarize most important findings
order headings
create heading for each group
sort sentences into groups
write a sentence about each thing not known before
Results
creating distance between writer and data
qualifying generalizations
highlighting statements
reporting verbs
strong verbs
topic sentences vs. subheadings
include?
amount of data in tables/figures vs text
justification of the method used?
comments about the results?
assess reliability of data
compare and evaluate the data sets
what the results mean
where we see the results
most significant to least?
division/classification?
cause/effect?
spatial?
procedure/justification?
topical?
chronological?
how did it happen?
what happened?
Methods and Materials
how present should I be?
make order explicit
passive vs active!
tense!
justifications required?
subheadings allowed?
how much detail needed?
chronology or topical?
how did I proceed?
what tools did I use?
how did I study the problem?
Introduction
language reminders
Subtopic
review the intro. for unneeded tense shifts
be award of tense with citations
stick to keywords
think about topic sentences
general order
preview of order and/or method (?)
how much space for this?
examples in current journal?
why might this be needed?
outline purpose of present research
must be super clear!!
indicate what is missing
see phrase list
strength of language?
review of research in the area
controvercial information to deal with?
any theories or definitions needed?
how much background info required?
area is important/central/problematic/relevant
what do readers know?
how big to start?
hook?
reminders
what is needed to understand the work?
why is it important?
what is the work exactly?
Abstract
