The Science Of Scientific Writing    Set B      Paragraphs: Intro to Readers' Expectations    The Landmark  What makes a landmark?   Exercise 1 Quiz   Landmark should appear early    Exercise 2    A kick in the tail    A plan for writing landmark-final paras     Exercise 3   Exercise 4   Exercise 5    Exercise 6     Final Page.

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OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science

How to do the Course

 

PART I: Paragraphs and Sentences

SET A: Paragraphs: The Maps Behind Them

SET B: Paragraphs: Using Maps to Meet Readers' Expectations

SET C: Paragraph Coherence and Cohesion

SET D: Sentences

SET E: Scientific Sections (including Methods)

SET F: Scientific Sections: The Discussion

SET G : Scientific Sections: The Introduction

SET H : The Paper as a Whole

Exercise 1 - Quiz

Let's get some practise at finding the Landmark Sentence of a paragraph.

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The quiz will open in a new window. Close the quiz window when you're finished, then check your ranking below. If you are doing this exercise in a class, please add in the following information to your worksheet:

  • The percentage score
  • The number of questions answered first the right time

Detective

How did you go?

100%   Picture perfect framing

75%     Well in the frame

50%     Near the edge of the frame

25%     Hanging on by your fingernails

0%       Houston, we have a problem.

 

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