The Science Of Scientific Writing Set 3 Set 3-Refining claims • Claims • Seven rules • Exercises 1-6 • Exercises 7-9 • Final Page Set 3.
OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science
PART I: Paragraphs and Sentences...
SET 1: The Parts of Arguments
SET 2: Indicator Words
SET 3: Refining Claims
SET 4: Locating Arguments in Prose
SET 5: Rationale's Essay Planner
SET 6: Assessing
SET 7 : More on Assessing
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The 'as' told us that 'they're entertaining and culturally interesting' is a reason, so 'Bollywood films are great' is the position. The reason claim needs refining - the 'and' is a hint that there is two claims there, rather than one. Finally, we needed to take each fragment and rewrite it as a complete sentence that would make sense when read in isolation.
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