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Successful Writing |
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Chapters 7 and 9 |
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Predict the paper’s content |
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Avoid being too broad |
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Catch the reader’s interest |
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Provocative titles |
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Question titles |
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Reflect the document’s focus |
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Titles with colons |
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Broad topic:
Specific focus |
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Use key words |
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Break up material in a document into manageable
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Choose paragraph length appropriate to audience |
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Use single-sentence paragraphs sparingly for
emphasis |
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Short Paragraph: 3 to 6 sentences |
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Medium Paragraph: 7 or 8 sentences |
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Long Paragraph:
more than 10 sentences, or more than half a printed page |
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New idea |
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Shift in time—after, first, next, at that time |
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Shift in place—elsewhere, in the meantime |
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Shift showing contrast—however, on the other
hand, nevertheless |
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Shift in emphasis—also, in addition, if that
happens |
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Summarize main points and restate thesis |
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Discuss the future—speculate on future outcome
regarding issue |
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Make a recommendation or suggest a solution |
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Raise further questions or implications
regarding issue |
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Quote an authority |
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Give a final anecdote or example |
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Relate your issue to a broader context of issues
(reverse funnel method) |
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Tie last paragraph to first paragraph |
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Notes