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TIPSFORWRITINGATHESIS论文写作要点 TIPSFORWRITINGATHESIS? ? ? ? ? ? 1.Determinewhatkindofpaperyouarewriting: *AnANALYTICALpaperbreaksdownanissueoranideaintoitsponentparts,evaluatestheissueoridea,andpresentsthisbreakdownandevaluationtotheaudience. *AnEXPOSITORY(explanatory)paperexplainssomethingtotheaudience. *AnARGUMENTATIVE(persuasive)papermakesaclaimaboutatopicandjustifiesthisclaimwithspecificevidence.Theclaimcouldbeanopinion,apolicyproposal,anevaluation,acause-and-effectstatement,oraninterpretation.Thegoaloftheargumentativepaperistoconvincetheaudiencethattheclaimistruebasedontheevidenceprovided. Ifyouarewritingatextwhichdoesnotfallunderthesethreecategories(ex.anarrative),athesisstatementsomewhereinthefirstparagraphcouldstillbehelpfultoyourreader. 2.Yourthesisstatementshouldbespecificitshouldcoveronlywhatyouwilldiscussinyourpaperandshouldbesupportedwithspecificevidence. 3.Thethesisstatementusuallyappearsattheendofthefirstparagraphofapaper. 4.Yourtopicmaychangeasyouwrite,soyoumayneedtoreviseyourthesisstatementtoreflectexactlywhatyouhavediscussedinthepaper. ThesisStatementExamples Exampleofananalyticalthesisstatement: Ananalysisoftheuniversityadmissionprocessrevealsonechallengefacingcounsellors:aeptingstudentswithhightestscoresorstudentswithstrongextracurricularbackgrounds. Thepaperthatfollowsshould: *explaintheanalysisoftheuniadmissionprocess*explainthechallengefacingadmissionscounsellors文章历史打印请求成为作者TipsandExamplesforWritingThesisStatementsTipsforWritingYourThesisStatement Exampleofanexpository(explanatory)thesisstatement: Thelifeofthetypicalunistudentischaracterizedbytimespentstudying,attendingclass,andsocializingwithpeers. Thepaperthatfollowsshould: *explainhowstudentsspendtheirtimestudying,attendingclass,andsocializingwithpeers Exampleofanargumentativethesisstatement: Highschoolgraduatesshouldberequiredtotakeayearofftopursuemunityserviceprojectsbeforeenteringuniversityinordertoincreasetheirmaturityandglobalawareness. Thepaperthatfollowsshould: *presentanargumentandgiveevidencetosupporttheclaimthatstudentsshouldpursuemunityprojectsbeforeenteringcollege. MoretipsfromByItalkimemberNanren888 Avoid1stperson,(I,we)inthetext,thepassiveisagoodwayroundit.Itseemsmaybelessimportantthanitoncewas.Isyouraudienceprogressiveortraditional?Thesafeapproachistoavoidthe1stperson,bywordingthingsdifferently.Isuspectthatusingweismoremonintheabstract.Usuallythereisawaytoreword.IscantheabstractsfromthelastconferenceWeuseabroadbandvariant.Widebandacousticsignalsareemployed.Thispaperparestheperformanceof.Wedescriberecentdevelopmentsinmodem-based.singleauthorpaperThispaperpresentsaquantitativeanalysis.Wewillprovideanin-depthlook. InthetextHereweconsideronlyourworstcasewiththelowSNRtypeD.Wordedtoincludethe reader?(Scottishpaper)Toidentifythefeaturelessclassifiertouse,weconsiderhowotherapplicationswithsimilarissues.(USpaper) Itseemstheymakewemoreaeptablebynotstartingwithit?Oncefeaturesaredetected,theycanbedescribed.(Canadianpaperhasno1stperson&usespassivevoicealot.) HINTSFORWRITINGALITERARYCRITICALANALYSIS Ifyouareplanningtowriteacriticalanalysis,youcanlookintothefourbasicponentsinevaluatingaliterarymaterial.Literaryscholarscallthemasliterarytheories. Thefirstoneismimeticwhereyoulookintotherealitiesthematerialcopiesorrepresents.This discussionesnaturallyasyoudelineatethemainelementsofthematerialyouareevaluating. Thesecondoneisexpressivewhereyoucheckhowtheauthorsbiographyandmilieuaffectordefinethemeaningofthework. Thethirdoneisaffectivewhereyoudiscusstheeffectofthematerialtoyouasareader,orhowdoesthematerialleavesanimpact. Thelastoneisobjectivewhichisthefocusofmostliteraryresearchthesedays.Thisstudycallsforadetaileddiscussionofhowtheelementsoftheliterarypiececontributetotheoverallvalueofthework.Thesefourtheoriesareinseparable.Asyoudiscussone,theothertheorieseinnaturally. Thesearekeywordsthatmayhelpyoudefineyourliteraryassumptionsoyoucouldget