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NTUT Writing Week 13

NTUT Writing Week 13. “Materials”. Materials Fall Into the Following Categories. Laboratory equipment; Field equipment; Human or animal subjects; Natural substances; Fabricated materials; Surveys, questionnaires, and tests; Computer models; Mathematical models.

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NTUT Writing Week 13

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  1. NTUT Writing Week 13 “Materials”

  2. Materials Fall Into the Following Categories • Laboratory equipment; • Field equipment; • Human or animal subjects; • Natural substances; • Fabricated materials; • Surveys, questionnaires, and tests; • Computer models; • Mathematical models.

  3. What Types of Information Does the Author Include in the Material Description?

  4. Ordering Your Information • **If the materials used are well known to researchers, it is conventional to identify them only. However, if the materials are designed specifically, it is common to write a detailed description, which includes the following information in the given order: • A. Overview: consists of 1 or 2 sentences that give a general idea of the material and its intended purpose; • B. Description of principle parts: each major part or characteristic of the material is described in logical sequence; • C. Functional description: shows how the various features function together. • **Identify the above 3 steps in the following passage.

  5. Language convention: Pretest

  6. Past Tense Is Used When Describing the Samples

  7. Present Tense Is Used When Describing the General Popolation

  8. Fill in Correct Tenses: Sample or Population

  9. Tense in Describing Conventional Materials

  10. Tense in Describing Specially Designed Materials

  11. Are They Conventional or Specially Designed Materials?

  12. Using Active & Passive Voice in Describing Materials • **Your decision to use active or passive voice depends partly on whether the verb is transitive or intransitive. Only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice. • **If the verb is transitive, follow these rules: • (I). The passive voice is usually used when a human agent (the experimenter) is manipulating the materials.

  13. (II). The active voice is usually used when no human is directly responsible for manipulating the materials-- when the materials “operate by themselves.” • (III). The passive voice may be used to describe an action involving a nonhuman agent, but a phrase must be included to indicate the agent.

  14. Fill in the Correct Passive & Active Voices

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