Assignment: Postmodern And Family Systems Therapy

STRUCTURE

· Begins with an introduction regarding the piece’s primary purpose or theme, which prepares the reader for what is to come (i.e., thesis statement).

· Ends with a conclusion that summarizes the key points of the piece, draws conclusions, and generally provides closure for the reader.

· Main idea/thesis, with supporting details/evidence

· Comparison-contrast

· Deductive logic

· Point-by-point analysis

· Development of central theme

· Chronology or history (e.g., of an event, process, era)

· Addition: also, again, as well as, besides

· Consequence: accordingly, as a result, consequently, for this reason

· Generalizing: as a rule, as usual, generally

· Illustration: for example, for instance, for one thing

· Emphasis: above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly

· Similarity: comparatively, coupled with, correspondingly

· Exception: , , s, , 

· Restatement: in essence, in other words, namely

· Comparison: in contrast, by the same token, conversely, instead, likewise

· Summarizing: after all, all in all, briefly, in any case, in any event, in conclusion, in short, in summary, finally

· Proper use of capitalization, punctuation, quotation marks

· Subject/verb agreement

· Proper use of pronouns

· Technical abbreviations, acronyms, and units of measurement

· Paragraphs that are indented; consisting of three or more sentences

· Use of title page, headers, and footers

· Avoid the use of: contractions, incomplete and run-on sentences

· In good descriptive writing, strong word choice clarifies and expands ideas.

· In persuasive writing, careful word choice moves the reader to a new vision of possibilities.

· Effective word choice depends less on an exceptional vocabulary and more on the skill to use everyday words well.

· Use a thesaurus for new words with more specific meaning: For example, “pronounce” for “say,” or “embarkation” for “start.” In academic writing, “it” as the subject of a sentence is not acceptable. Make sure the reader knows what the subject of each sentence is.

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· Online Writing Lab at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

· Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws

· ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=302&cfc=1

· Lexis/Nexis

· Northern Light Search 

· INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Research Connections