The Science Of Scientific Writing Set 5 Set 5-Essays • Second page • Third page • Ordering ideas • Exercise 1 • Signposting• Final.
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
The exercises in this set aren't about how to use the planner, but rather what we can learn from it - things to help us with writing, whether or not we're using Rationale.
We learn 3 main lessons from the essay planner:
- Order your ideas logically to make your argument clear to others
- Use signposting to tell your reader where you're going
- Use indicator words to flag whether claims are positions, reasons, or objections
We'll learn more about each of these over this set of exercises.
Content of this page drawn in whole or part from the Austhink Rationale Exercises with permission from Austhink.