Sentence Examples: Tentative-Conditionals - Move 2

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 2. Establish the niche

1. As seen from this example, when we link the senses of Korean words to WordNet synsets, . . .(Lee)
  2. If the formation, cognitive maintenance, and completion of intentions actually are self-regulatory processes. . .(Kazen)
 

3. If a system can automatically identify the actual text associated with discourse elements in student essays, . . .(Burstein)

 

4. If these questions were presented, along with specific text segments from students?? essays, . . .(Burstein)

  5. For instance, if people may turn to God and spirituality. . .(Saroglou)
 

6. when they lose a loved one . . .(Saroglou)

(back to top) 7. Similarly, if threats coming from the external world push people to turn to religion and spirituality . . .(Saroglou)