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TEACHING LANGUAGE FEA TURES OF ACADEMIC WRITING 61
Discourse-Level Work
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Upfront thesis statement (that incorporates parts of or references to topic sentences as rhetorical supports)
Information synthesis, extracting information from sources Academic argumentation and argument development
The notion of plagiarism, restatement, and paraphrase Contextual relevance of information; one paragraph—one idea discussed and supported
Introductory paragraph, closing sentence/paragraph (conclusions are optional)
Body paragraphs: hierarchy/organization and structure or sup- port, relevance and detail
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