Sentence Examples: Tentative-Suggestion/Hypothesis - 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. Reformers have long argued that . . .(Bain)
  2. 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)
  3. In the first section of the article, I argue for the centrality of trust to democratic institutions and to political participation. (Lenard)
  4. The article suggests that . . .(Lagaard)