Review of forms/"moves" for writing research essays (focus on set up) We reviewed the assignment sheet for the research essay and we came up with the following list of moves:
1. Set up the importance of your study
2. background: including review of the literature + definition of terms
3. present research question
4. methods
5. presentation and analysis of data (see requirements for Short Analysis essay)
6 discussion of findings
7. conclusions
We spent the rest of class examining the set up (the first four moves) in three sample essays (read earlier in the course = links at previous post).
You identified exactly WHERE and how each author made these moves, and noted some of the language author's used for each move. I am hoping you took notes, or can go back to the essays because I was so involved in this discussions I did not write down all your good observations.
For next class: your
data collection should be complete
Blog 22: more data, or any section of your essay you want to work on in class
In class, you will give short presentations on your data so far, and work on data analysis.
Have a good weekend.
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