| 1. Stance at sentence level |
| How to take stance? Generalizing stance patterns from sentence examples |
1. Browse any stance sentence example page you like to explore.
2. Link back to the "Linguistic Expressions" page and find the stance you are looking at
3. Find patterns in these linguistic expressions and so get ready for doing "search" in the stance sentence example page
4. Perform "search" using the browser's search tool (under "EDIT" on the toolbar)
5. See what patterns you find in expressing this stance
6. Practice by starting here (follow the instructions from there)
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| 2. Learn about making rhetorical moves |
| How to make the 3 moves? Finding move-making patterns through examples |
1. Go to move example pages and select a move.
2. Look at the steps in making the move and consider how the bolded sentences fulfill the steps
3. Then examine "Full Text" for this move to see what that move does in the full text.
4. Repeat your exploration in other examples until you find pattern in making that move.
5. You can then take the exercises to test your understanding.
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| 3. Stance at Rhetorical Move level |
| Find out the patterns of stances (in making moves) used in the 3 moves: Exploring ratios |
1. First understand that only some sentences in a move are key ideas to express that move.
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Make sure you have a clear idea of how to make moves (Refer to column above).
3. Go to text example pages and select a field and then a move.
4. Look at the sentences that make move and their stances.
5. Compare the same move (e.g. move 1) with other move 1 examples (across different fields, e.g. education VS psychology).
6. Study and compare the ratios (ratios for move-making stances & ratios for overall stance used) with other examples of the same move.
7. See a flowchart illustration |
| Generalizing stance use pattern in (1) every 'introduction' and (2) in the 3 moves |
1. Go through stance ratio pages as many as possible, and document the percentage of stances used (1) vertically, 3 moves in one 'introduction' and (2) horizontally, in overall stances used and move-making stances in each move.
Examine what stance(s) are used most in an 'introduction' and in making the 3 moves respectively.
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Discuss your observations.
4. See a flowchart illustration.
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