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Cueing the reader

Cueing the reader. Orientating Statements. Thesis statement or topic sentence statement Forecasting statement which previews subordinate points and order of discussion. Do this for lengthy papers or information giving/ explaining ones. . Paragraph Cues. Indentation

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Cueing the reader

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  1. Cueing the reader

  2. Orientating Statements • Thesis statement or topic sentence statement • Forecasting statement which previews subordinate points and order of discussion. Do this for lengthy papers or information giving/ explaining ones.

  3. Paragraph Cues • Indentation • Topic sentence: define main idea of paragraph and/or make a transition by referring to earlier paragraph • Topic sentence comes at the beginning of a paragraph; occasionally at the end. Not at other positions.

  4. Cohesive devices • Pronoun reference. (Antecedents) • Word repetition: when a pronoun may confuse as to its reference, or merely for emphasis. • Repetition can sometimes take the form of using synonyms to avoid monotony. • Sentence structure repetition. • Collocation: related words around a topic. For high school: graduation, honors, cap, gown, senior class, etc.

  5. Connectives Logical relationships: • Item in a series: first, second; moreover, furthermore, similarly, besides etc • Illustration or specification: in particular, specifically, for instance, for example, namely etc • Cause or result: consequently, hence, accordingly, therefore, thus etc • Restatement: in other words, to put it differently • Conclusion or summary: evidently, clearly, actually, to sum up

  6. Connectives • Opposing point: nevertheless, however, still, neither, on the contrary • Concession to opposing point: granted, certainly, naturally, etc • Resume original reasoning after concession: nonetheless, all the same, even though, still

  7. Connectives • Temporal relationships (frequency, duration, particular time, beginning, middle, end) • Spatial relationships( closeness, distance, direction)

  8. Headings and subheadings • Can be used for longer papers as a cohesive device

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