Strategies in Connecting Ideas and How they Contribute to Coherence and Cohesion of Text
Write a journal entry on Research Paper Model #2 and They Say/I Say Chapter 8. A successful journal entry typically consists of 300-500 words. In your journal, be sure to do the following:
1. Explain what the authors mean by the “do it yourself” principle in They Say/I Say Chapter 8. Then, briefly describe each of the four strategies for connecting ideas described in the chapter.
2. Describe how Research Paper Model #2 is structured—where the thesis statement is, how the body paragraphs are ordered, etc. Then, apply the principles described in They Say/I Say Chapter 8 to the paper: identify specific examples of the four strategies and analyze how they contribute to the coherence and cohesion of the text.
3. Analyze how the paper is written and discuss how you think it can help you improve your writing. What features of language, style, or organization of the text can you use in your academic writing?
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1] Explain what the authors mean by the “do it yourself” principle in They Say/I Say Chapter 8. Then, briefly describe each of the four strategies for connecting ideas described in the chapter.
The ‘do it yourself’ strategy allows the writer to make connections that are clear so that readers do not guess what the writer is trying to say. The four strategies are :(1) using transition terms; (2) adding pointing terms; (3) developing set of key terms and phrases for each text one writes and; (4) repeating oneself, but with a difference (108). Typically, transition words are used at the beginning of sentences and signal where the text is going either in the same or different direction. The pointing words highlight a concept that has been stated in the previous sentence and should be used properly to avid vagueness, such words are: this, these, that and those. A set of key terms and phrases are developed and used repeatedly and these recurring words/ phrases provide an idea of the writer’s topic. Repeating oneself, but with a difference simply means that one can repeat the main idea while restating to avoid redundancy and repetitiveness and is better than jumping from one idea to another in a paragraph.
2] Describe how Research Paper Model #2 is structured—where the thesis statement is, how the body paragraphs are ordered, etc. Then, apply the principles described in They Say/I Say Chapter 8 to the paper: identify specific examples of the four strategies and analyze how they contribute to the coherence and cohesion of the text.
The thesis statement is the last sentence of the second paragraph in the first section where the author highlights that nationalist- populism threatens global and national culture. Koszykowska argued that global culture exists in the next three sections including: the Fragmented Global Culture, Kant’s Modernized “Global Civil Society” and Kant’s Modernized “Global Civil Society”. While the global culture is fragmented, Koszykowska mentions that anti-globalists and nationalism only focus on cultural di...