Sentence Examples: Tentative-Conditionals - 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. When democracies are characterised by distrust, in other words, . . . (Lenard)
  2.. . .when, facing large classes, and the required use of textbooks. . .(Bain)
  3. Given the demands on history teachers and the intellectual challenges students face while learning history. . .
  4. In this new millennium, when most writing (especially in academic contexts) means "electronic writing" (Sullivan & Porter, 1997, p. 151) . . . (DePew)
  5. . .if schools and families succeed in fostering internal regulation along with positive perceptions of instrumentality.