文档介绍：English Thesis Writing
College of Foreign Languages and Cultures
Forewords
Understanding “thesis” in terms of etymology
Origin of “thesis”
Theme=thesis
Latin Greek
1> a main idea, opinion or theory of a person in his speech or writing.
2> mainly in writing
3> a long piece of writing on certain subject, esp. for higher education
Define “thesis”
A thesis is a
-research paper or an academic paper. it is scientific, formal and quite different from any other styles of writing as an essay, a piece of prose or poetry.
How to be objective?
1. third person singular or first person plural as subject of the sentence
. * I hold that …
we/the author (of this thesis/paper) hold/s that…
2. passive voice instead of active voice
. * we’ve made a close observation on the development of democracy in America.
A close observation on the development of democracy in America has been made.
demands of the language:
Formal
Written
Academic
Formal language
begin-
Ask-
Rise-
Same-
Lucky-
Written
Words or expressions as the following are not allowable:
sort of , kinda, gonna, gotta…
Slang and jargon