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OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science

How to do the Course

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

Signposting your essay

'Signposts' are words and phrases that help the reader follow what you're doing in the essay.

They work much the same way that signs do on a road trip:

• In the introduction signposts tell the reader what to expect.

• In the body signposts tell the reader where you're up to in the argument.

• And signposts signal the conclusion to the reader.

Content of this page drawn in whole or part from the Austhink Rationale Exercises with permission from Austhink.