Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Essays
2. Reports
3. Case Studies
4. Research proposals
5. Book reviews
6. Brief research reports
7. Literature reviews
8. Reflective writing
9. Introductions
10.Research methods
11. Research results
12.Research discussions
13.Writing conclusions
14.Research abstracts
15.Research dissertations & theses
2. Establishing a niche
indicate a gap in the previous research by raising a question about it, or extending
previous knowledge in some way.
The increasing interest in ... has heightened the need for ....
Move 2s establish a niche by indicating a gap. Probably the most common way to indicate a gap is to
use a "negative" subject. Presumably, negative subjects are chosen because they signal immediately
to the reader that Move 1 has come to an end. Note the following uses of little and few:
Of course, not all RP Introductions express Move 2 by indicating an obvious gap. You may prefer, for
various reasons, to avoid negative comment altogether. In such cases, a useful alternative is to use a
contrastive statement.
Although considerable research has been devoted to ... , rather less attention has been
paid to ....
Introduction
Introduce the study by describing the context
Explain why the subject is important
Purpose
Describe the purpose of the study
Methods
Report how the study was undertaken
Results
Report the results that were found.
Evaluation
Briefly evaluate the results
Conclusion
Conclude briefly
Explain what is important and why
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a. It should recall the issues raised in the introduction - what was the purpose of the piece of writing?
b. and draw together the points made in the main body of the piece of writing
It should clearly signal to the reader that the writing is finished and leave a clear impression that the
purpose has been achieved.
Language
..
In short,
In a word,
In brief,
To sum up,
To conclude,
To summarise
In conclusion,
On the whole,
Altogether,
In all,
It is
accepted
argued
held
believed
generally
widely
Therefore,
Thus,
On this basis,
Given this,
that .
can
may
it
be
concluded
deduced
inferred
that .
Table 1
From
the
In conclusion,
Finally
table
figures
data
results
information
we/may say
it can/may be said
it
can
may
be
that .
seen
concluded
shown
estimated
calculated
inferred
that .