Structure of academic text

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is an important feature of academic writing.

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structure

Question 2

enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate the text.

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well structured text

Question 3

what are the two common structures of academic texts

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the three-part essay structure
IMRaD structure.

Question 4

is a basic structure that consists of introduction, body and conclusion.

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The Three-Part Essay Structure

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purpose of this section is to introduce the topic and why it matters, identify the specific focus of the paper, and indicate how the paper will be organized.

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introduction

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Three Main Parts of an introduction

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-background and/or definitions.
-show the overall topic, purpose, your point of view, hypotheses and/or research questions
-describing the scope and structure

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develops the question, “What is the topic about?”. It may elaborate directly on the topic sentence by giving definitions, classifications, explanations, contrasts, examples and evidence

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body

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considered as the heart of the essay because it expounds the specific ideas for the readers to have a better understanding of the topic.

It usually is the largest part of the essay

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body

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closely related to the introduction and is often described as its ‘mirror image’.

This means that if the introduction begins with general information and ends with specific information, the conclusion moves in the opposite

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conclusion

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usually depicts the background of the topic and the central focus of the study.

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introduction

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lets your readers know your data collection methods, research instrument employed, sample size and so on.

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methodology

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states the brief summary of the key findings or the results of your study.

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results and discussion