MS thesis in Na began w/ charts & graphs Survey of lit required. Must fit into ac. debate Swales: 98% RP’s are in English & thus inevitably culturally bound & defined
Non-West. Discourse models Chi indirect vs. US direct criticism Finns less emph. on struc., org. Uks avoid eye-cathcing feature Arab/Asian: cover all aspects before coming to “pt.” NNS trouble with ANY writing WAC—esp. in nonverbal fields
“For excellence, the presence of others is required.”
Stk. Wds. phrases to intro. each sec. of RP—used by all acad. wrs. Profs. know intuitively; others don’t Practical means of generating and und. Spec. sents. & specific funcs. As well as gen. & analyze major rhetorical divisions & their “macro” functions Other funcs.—p’phrase, sum, quote, evidence, shift in pov, counter-arg., etc.