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Swales' CARS Model
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Swales' CARS Model of Research Introductions
Downs, Doug and Elizabeth Wardle eds. Writing about Writing: a College Reader. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2011. Print.
How can you use this process for the Chapter 1 Essay?
creating a research space
Move 2: Establishing a Niche
The author establishes that there is a need for this research, a "niche".
- Counter-claiming
- Indicating a Gap
- Question-raising
- Continuing a tradition (Downs 7-8)
Move 3: Occupying a Niche
Author establishes the "research space" - how he/she will go about counter claiming, questioning, etc.
Move 1: Establishing Territory
- Set the context
- Provide background
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
- Outline purposes
- Announce present research
(Downs 8)
- Announce key findings
- State how the article is organized
(Downs 8)
Author references
- research on the topic
- who is credited for the information (Downs 7)
Step 1
Author asks the discourse community to accept information as
- important
- interesting
- part of the discipline (Downs 6)
Author makes statements about
- current knowledge
- practices
- phenomena in the field (Downs 6)
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