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1、Q&AforPracticalWriting1．Whatisthepurposeofprewritingandwhatarethreemethodsofthisprocess?PrewritingcanhelpyougenerateideasforyourwritingassignmentThreemethodlisting,freewritingandclustering2．Whatistheprocessofwriting?Prewriting:choosingandnarrowingatopic,brainstor
2、mingPlanning(outlining)Makingsub-listswritingtopicsentenceoutliningWritingandrevisingdrafts:3.Whatisathesisandhowisitrelatedtoadissertation?·Athesisisahypothesisorconjecture.·APhDdissertationisalengthy,formaldocumentthatarguesindefenseofaparticularthesis.(Somanyp
3、eopleusetheterm``thesis''torefertothedocumentthatacurrentdictionarynowincludesitasthethirdmeaningof``thesis'').·Twoimportantadjectivesusedtodescribeadissertationare``original''and``substantial.''Theresearchperformedtosupportathesismustbeboth,andthedissertationmus
4、tshowittobeso.Inparticular,adissertationhighlightsoriginalcontributions4.Whatisthepurposeofaliteraturereview?Thepurposeofaliteraturereviewisforyoutotakeacriticallookattheliterature(factsandviews)thatalreadyexistsintheareayouareresearching.Aliteraturereviewisnotas
5、hoppinglistofeverythingthatexists,butacriticalanalysisthatshowsanevaluationoftheexistingliteratureandarelationshipbetweenthedifferentworks.Itdemonstratestherelevanceoftheresearch.Literaturecanincludebooks,journalarticles,internet(electronicjournals),newspapers,ma
6、gazines,thesisanddissertations,conferenceproceedings,reports,anddocumThepurposeofaliteraturereviewisto:·establishatheoreticalframeworkforyourtopic/subjectarea·definekeyterms,definitionsandterminology·identifystudies,models,casestudiesetcsupportingyourtopic·define
7、/establishyourareaofstudy,ieyourresearchtopic.Thethreekeypointsofaliteraturereview·Tellmewhattheresearchsays(theory).·Tellmehowtheresearchwascarriedout(methodology).·Tellmewhatismissing,i.e.thegapthatyourresearchintendstofillentries.5.Namethemainsectionsthatshoul
8、dbeincludedinaresume.Personalinformation(nameaddressphonenumberE-mailandsoon)EmploymentObjective,Educationwork,Experience,HonorsandActivities,References6.Whydo
