Process?FindingaTopic?ResearchingTopic?Outlining?Drafting,Revising,EditingProofreading
Ⅲ、OutliningAnoutlineisausefulframeworkthatassistsintheorganizationandwritingoftheresearchpaper.Preparinganoutlinecanhelpstudentsevaluatethematerialsanddecidewhichpiecesofinformationarerelevanttothepurposesofthepaperanddiscovertheconnectionsbetweenthepieces.
Typesofoutlines:(1)TopicoutlineEveryheadingisanounphrase,oritsequivalent,oraninfinitivephrase.Keepallheadingsbriefandclearlyrelatedtothemajorheading.(2)Sentenceoutline(3)Paragraphoutline
Typesofoutlinesymbols:MLAStyleAPAStyleSampleoutlines
Ⅳ、Drafting,Revising,EditingProofreading
Ⅳ、Drafting,Revising,EditingProofreading1.ProducingaFirstDraftRereadthenotesandinformationasyouhavegroupedthemforoutlining,toseewhatcomestoyourmindfirst.Youcanbeginwhereveryoufeelcomfortable.Refertoyouroutlineoftenasyoudraft.Ifyoufindyourselflosingtrack,stopwritingandrereadwhatyouhavewrittenandcompareittotheoutline.
Ifyouhavetostopwritinginthemiddleofthedraft,trynottodosoataplacewhereyoudonotknowhowtocontinuewhenyouarereadytoresumelater.Youshouldjotdownafewkeywordsorphrasestoindicatewhereyouaregoingwiththepaperatthisstage.
2.RevisingMacro-revision:revisingforcontentorganization1)Title:Doesthetitlefitthecontent?Canitgrabreaders’attention?2)Purposeaudience:Doesyourdraftfulfillyourpurpose?Isitbothinterestingandappropriatetoyouraudience?
3)Organization:Isthestructureeffective?Areallthepartsindifferentlevelsclearlyrelatedtothethesisandarrangedinthemostlogicalsequence?Aretheywellproportioned?4)Mainpointsminorpoints:Howdothemainpointssupportthethesisandhowdotheminorpointssupportthemainpoints?
5)Tone,stylepointofview:Thetyp