The Science Of Scientific Writing Set 9 Set 9-Analysis maps • Second page • Example • Exercise 1 • Exercise 2 • Exercise 3 • Exercise 4 • Exercise 5 • Refinement Revisited • Rabbit Rule • Holding Hands Rule • Exercise 6 • Inference objections • Exercise 7 • Exercise 8 • Final.
OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science
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
Hopefully your Analysis map looked like this:
The hidden assumption was 'wheat germ is good for you'. Looking for key words that only appear once in the other boxes helps us to see this: 'good for you' is in the position but not in the main claim, and 'wheat germ' is in the main claim but not in the position.
This isn't right:
It isn't right because it doesn't show the two lower level claims working together as part of one reason.
Content of this page drawn in whole or part from the Austhink Rationale Exercises with permission from Austhink.