Entry #2: Advice on Academic Writing

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Entry #5: Topic sentence

PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH TOPIC SENTENCE:   It refers to what you are writing about. You can start with an interesting topic and give your opinion on it. Don't give too many details in this part. BODY: It must include the supporting details or arguments for your topic sentence. There are two ways that you can use to order the details. One of them is by order of importance in which you are going to include the strongest argument. The other one is by chronology in which you are goin to consider the order od events. CLOSING SENTENCE: This sentence has two functions: reminding the audience what you are writing about or restating your topic sentence and keeping the audience thinking. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Learn English with Alex [engvid], (2009).  Parts of a Paragraph - English Academic Writing Introduction,  from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuExRE6N-4 Here you have some paragraphs as examples from the site of University of Ottawa with its corresponding t...
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Entry #8: Thesis Statement

What is a Thesis Statement? A THESIS STATEMENT is the specific claim that your essay supports. It tells your reader where you are going in your essay and how you plan on getting there. It usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper. Furthermore, it should be specific to avoid talking about something without coming to the main point. FIRST OF ALL...  You should determine what kind of paper you are writing. It can be an analytical paper (It breaks down an issue), an expository paper (It explains something) or an argumentative paper (It justifies your opinion and tries to persuade the audience that your claim is true). What are the parts of a Thesis Statement? 1. SUBEJCT/ TOPIC : It's what your paper will deal with 2. THE CLAIM: It's your opinion about the topic. 3. THE BLUEPRINT OF REASONS: This is where you show your reader HOW to plan to argue and prove your opinion. Typically, you should have three pieces of evidence to support your claim/opinion...
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Entry #17: Hedging and boosting

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Although HEDGES and BOOSTERS can be used in the same academic writing piece of work, both refer to two different ways of claiming. On one hand, hedges are vocabulary items (verbs, adjectives, adverbs) which avoid commiting the absolute truth of a claim. On the other hand, boosters are the opposite of hedgers bacause they are vocabulary items (verbs, adejctives, adverbs) which strenghthen a claim. Because of this main difference, our tone as writers would change in relation to our position from other reasearchers. The idea of this entry is to understand what HEDGING and BOOSTING are as well as the importance of using them in our academic writing. For that reason, let's start with some examples: Video 1: HEDGING   CATEGORICAL CLAIM  'HEDGED' CLAIM The issues highlighted in this study are  applicable  to  all  participants institutions .  The highlighted in this study may be applicable to many participants institutions. ...
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