A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

RiskThinking about RiskIrrational but Systematic Risk Assessment: The Role of Visual Imagination in Calculating Relative RiskThe first title is accurate but too general to give us much guidance about what is to come. Thesecond is more specific, but the third uses both a title and subtitle to give us advance noticeabout the keywords that will appear in what follows. When readers see the keywords in a titleturn up again in your introduction and then again throughout your report, they're more likelyto feel that its parts hang together. Two-part titles are most useful: they give you plenty ofopportunity to use your keywords to announce your key concepts.At this point, you may be so sick of your report that you want nothing more than to kick itout the door. Resist that impulse; you have one more important task.11 Revising Sentences11.1 Focus on the First Seven or Eight Words of a Sentence11.1.1 Avoid Long Introductory Phrases and Clauses11.1.2 Make Subjects Short and Concrete11.1.3 Avoid Interrupting Subjects and Verbs with More than a Word or Two11.1.4 Put Key Actions in Verbs, Not in NounsEnd11.1.5 Put Information Familiar to Readers at the Beginning of a Sentence, New Information at the11.1.6 Choose Active or Passive Verbs to Reflect the Previous Principles11.1.7 Use First Person Pronouns Appropriately11.2 Diagnose What You Read11.3 Choose the Right Word11.4 Polish It Off