Tag Archives: #wakeupreader

use a vignette – #wakeupreader

Posted on May 4, 2017 by pat thomson

Most readers, even academic ones, like a bit of a story. And a vignette is just a bit of a story, a condensed version. A vignette is brief, evocative and descriptive. It provides information about key points of an event … Continue reading →

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message tactics – #wakeupreader

Posted on March 27, 2017 by pat thomson

If you want to keep your reader interested in your argument it helps to think about the tactics and tools you have at your disposal. You actually have a lot. Some of these are syntactical, some more artistic, and some … Continue reading →

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academic sentences -#wakeupreader

Posted on March 13, 2017 by pat thomson

Academic sentences are often lengthy. They make a point and then add multiple caveats and embellishments. Some people think there is an ideal sentence length. I have read for instance that the ideal newspaper sentence is somewhere around twenty words. Perhaps a … Continue reading →

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new series -#wakeupreader

Posted on February 27, 2017 by pat thomson

When my son was about ten years old we went on holiday to Perth. We didn’t fly, as many people do. We drove from Adelaide where we lived. That’s a distance of 2691.44 km, about twenty-four hours driving time. It takes … Continue reading →