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chapter flow /using headings to help
This is the third in a series of posts on getting flow in the thesis. The first was on using the introduction and the second on using the conclusion. This post is about using headings. There are two aspects of … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter, flow, headings, Pat Thomson, Rachel Cayley, reverse outline, thesis
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headings and subheadings – it helps to be specific
I’d rather not read generic headings. You know the ones I mean, they just say something vague like Introduction, or Methods, or Discussion, or Conclusion. Generic headings remind me of a cartoon I once saw where the heroine went eagerly … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, generic headings, headings, IMRAD, sub-headings
Tagged academic writing, headings, IMRAD, Pat Thomson, sub-headings
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