Sentence Examples: Tentative-All Examples - Move 3

Learning Objectives & Strategies:
Find the patterns for expressing Tentative stance. Below are the steps:
1. Look at the "Linguistic Expressions for Tentative"
2. Then search [EDIT->Find in the browser] by recurrent patterns in the linguistic expressions (keywords, pre/suffix, tense, etc.). Here is a reference list for you.
3. When ready, take an exercise.
(SEE ALSO "Start with clause" for breaking a text into clauses)

(1) Select a 'function' right arrow (2) Select a MOVE (What is this?) the function falls into

3 Rhetoric Moves in "Introduction"

Stance: Click on each sentence to see its context (What is this?).
* bold = Stance Keywords

Move 3. Present the present work
1. It is argued that. . .(Phalet)
  2. . . .if schools and families succeed in fostering internal regulation along with positive perceptions of instrumentality.
 

3. . . . future goals will motivate achievement in multicultural classrooms. . .(Phalet)

  4.. . .when, facing large classes, and the required use of textbooks. . .(Bain)
  5. Given the demands on history teachers and the intellectual challenges students face while learning history. . .
 

6. Reformers have long argued that . . .(Bain)

  7. In this new millennium, when most writing (especially in academic contexts) means "electronic writing" (Sullivan & Porter, 1997, p. 151) . . . (DePew)
 

8. To further justify post-critical methods for digital/L2 writing research, we will detail Sullivan and Porter's argument (DePew)

  9. . . .and (will) illustrate how this framework resonates with recent methodological discussions in both digital writing and L2 writing.
 

10. . . .we will demonstrate why these methods are a particularly appropriate starting point for such research. ( DePew )

 

11. Finally, we draw some conclusions and future research in Section 7. (Lee)

 

12. Moreover, we will show how data on which disagreement occurs ought to be dealt with in the analysis. (Rietveld)

 

13. Basically, the analysis of this type of data is fairly straightforward. (Rietveld)

 

14. Small samples tend to yield few significant effects, . . .(Rietveld)

  15. In the first section of the article, I argue for the centrality of trust to democratic institutions and to political participation. (Lenard)
  16. I will argue that it is inimical to democracy.
  17. When democracies are characterised by distrust, in other words, . . . (Lenard)
  18. . . .a mistrustful person will approach interactions with others with a careful and questioning mindset. (Lenard)
  19. The article suggests that . . .(Lagaard)
  20. There might, however, be problematic features beyond those that can be thus acknowledged. . . (Lagaard)
  21. . . .they are generally not sufficient to justify legal restrictions on freedom of expression.
  22.. . .as some have demanded. (Chan)

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23. To our knowledge, it is hard to find empirical evidence that supports a causal link from positive events and emotions to religion or spirituality (R/Sp). (Saroglou)