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Writing Thesis and Topic
M. Sc. Mining, Petroleum, Metallurgy, and Chemical EngineeringPreparatory Year, Technical Writing
tatements
Dr. Fouad Khalaf
Nov. 2010
The Communication System
Sender Message
Receiver Channel
er or mance
Objective, Size, V-Aids,
Environment, Time, Duration, Venue
Main part of a sentence,
or one or more Sentences
the topic in the most
general form.
Element-2
Sender
Receiver
Channel
“M” is an
Expansion of thees s s a emen
(TS)
TS is a short
sentence:Topic +
Comment.
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س ورا ل. اول اخدوك وا
ود دو ھذا ولو ط حواق و
حواالون اوا أن وھ
اخف
واخن
راخشب
دث
ھ
اخشب ر اأرعون ر ا ذك و ى ى وذك الر امأرع ون ر اخشب
ال
ون
دث
ھ
رعواح
.دى اى اح اظور
ال
ن
أر
اح
ن
وأدوم
اى
وه
.
ن ن ال أرع ر ى اظور وه أرع
اح
.
ج ن و دا داو ةاخ ةدش
جب أناش.اد ا اض
وشل ام درا را ص ىإ ذخجا
أل ا وادم أي ج ھو نائدة
ا
. جون
ر
م
واوارث
اطورات
اد ار ردة أو ج ادة ا ن
طا
اور
ى
اطرة
ج
ب
.
او
ادي
خو
راداو
ا
ارد
واخف ظ اج ن ظم اد ادرة واد
دا طا اوأ باو را نود ت
ر
درة
وا
دون
ت
ا
رطا
طا رغو طا رطا ن ج رش.
An example of
The topic
Greater Cairo’s fall
problem. The comment
An example of
The topic
are not identical.
The comment
An example of
Bus readers
The topic
read selectively.
The comment
An example of
Ci arette Smokin
The topic
is hazardous to health.
The comment
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An example of
The topic
managing people.
The comment
Structure of TS
Subject + Predicate
e op c e comment
A main clause or a sentence
Terminology:
thesis versus topic
Thesis Statement: for a
whole text of many
paragraphs
Topic Statement: for one
single paragraph
Analyze this paragraph.
Unlike readers of the academic world,
most readers of the “real world” read
selectively: rather than thoroughly
digesting a piece of writing, they skim-
read most of it, skipping from one main
idea to another until they come to
something that particularly interests
them. Such readers are forced to read
this way.
First AnalysisUnlike readers of the academicworld, most readers of the “realworld” read selectively: rather than
thoroughly digesting a piece of
1
2
3 4
5, - ,skipping from one main idea toanother until they come tosomething that particularlyinterests them. Such readers areforced to read this way.
6
7
¶ Has 7 parts, # 1
Unlike readers of the academic world
is a hrase
cannot stand by itself
has incomplete meaning
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Part # 2 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real
world” read selectivel
is a main clause
can stand by itself
has a complete meaning
Part # 3 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real world” read selectively
rather than thoroughly
is a phrase
cannot stand by itself
has incomplete meaning
Part # 4 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real world” read selectively
rather than thoroughly digesting a piece of writing
-
is a main clause
can stand by itself
has a complete meaning
Details # 2
Part # 5 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real world” read selectively
rather than thoroughly digesting a piece of writing
they skim-read most of it
s pp ng rom one ma nidea to another is a phrase
cannot stand by itself
has incomplete meaning
Details # 2
Part # 6 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real world” read selectively
rather than thoroughly digesting a piece of writing
they skim-read most of it
skipping from one main idea to another
until they come to somethingthat particularly in terests them has two subordinate clauses
cannot stand by itself
has incomplete meaning .Details # 2
Part # 7 of ¶
Unlike readers of the academic world
most readers of the “real world” read selectively
rather than thoroughly digesting a piece of writing
they skim-read most of it
skipping from one main idea to another
until they come to something that particularly interests them
Such readers are forced to readthis way.is a “simple sentence”
can stand by itself
Has a complete meaning.repeats # 2
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Where is the central idea?
Unlike readers of the academic world,
most readers of the “real world” read
selectively: rather than thoroughly
digesting a piece of writing, they
skim-read most of it, skipping from
one main idea to another until they
come to some-thing that particularly
interests them. Such readers are
forced to read this way.
Where is the central idea?
Part # # #
Unlike readers of the academic world 4
most readers of the “real world” 4
read selectively 2
rather than thoroughly digesting a piece of
writing 5
skim-read most of it, skipping from one main
idea to another until they come to some-thing
that particularly interests
15
them. 1
Such readers 1
are forced to read this way. 4
Total 9 7 21
Is there any change?
Most readers of the “real world”
read selectively. They skim-read
most of what they read, skipping
rom one ma n ea o ano er
until they come to some-thing
that particularly interests them.
Such readers are forced to read
this way.
Summarizes the text
Most readers of the “real world”
read selectively. They skim-read
most of what the read ski in
from one main idea to another
until they come to some-thing
that particularly interests them.
Such readers are forced to read
this way.
The central idea has two parts
The topic The comment
Most readers Read
of the real
word
selectively
Which one to develop?
Another exampleThe two processes, speaking and writing, are not identical.
Writing is not simply speech written down on paper.
Learning to write is not just a natural extension of learning
to speak a language. We learned to speak our first
language at home without systematic instruction; whereas,
most of us had to be taught in school how to write that
same language. Many adult native speakers of a languageind writin difficult.A s eakers eaksto a listener who is