Lecture3 Structure of Academic Writing

I.The structure of essays(three parts)

1.Introduction:provide the reader with a clear idea of the focus and aim of the text

2.Body:where the essay‘s argument,ideas and results are developed and discussed

3.Concusion:shoud not contain any now facts or ideas,but a brief restatement of the main arguments and facts that have been treated in the essay

II.The IMRD structure of research papers

Introduction,Method,Results,Discussion

III.The common Structure of Research paper

Title,abstract,introduction,literature review,results,discussion,conclusion,referencescition