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Download full textLovejoy, Kim Brian – 1998
This paper introduces a procedure for analyzing sentential themes and demonstrates how it may be useful to students when they consider the effectiveness of their own sentences in the process of revising a piece of writing. The paper shows that, by analyzing sentential themes and their function in academic writing, students can learn to perform the…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Revision (Written Composition)
