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SECTION

SAYS

DOES

Introduction

The introduction poses a

question to the reader that
introduces what the article
will be about.

This section introduces the

topic to the reader.

Section 2

This section informs the

reader of an experiment
conducted by sociologist MinHsuing Huang examining the
effects of negative
stereotypes on black test
scores.

This section further informs

the reader of the topic, and
supplies him/her with an
example of a study.

Section 3

This section defines

stereotype threat, and tells
the reader how they affect
one at an unconscious level.

This section defines relevant

vocabulary for the reader and
provides further information.

Section 4

This section talks about how

stereotype threats affect not
only people of color, but
women.

This section gives the reader

background information on
the next section.

Section 5

This section describes the

study comparing SAT scores.
A score of 1200 means
different things depending on
the race or gender of the
person taking the test.

This section gives the reader

another example of a study
supporting the existence of
stereotype threats.

Section 6

This section gives reasons

why this information could be
controversial.

This section supplies more

information to the reader.

Section 7

This section describes a

solution to the problem of
stereotype threats. If race is
not made salient, negative
stereotypes will have less
affect on ones performance.

This section begins to

conclude the article for the
reader.

Conclusion

This section reiterates and

summarizes the contents of
the article.

This section acts as a

conclusion to the article.