Voices in the text
Incorporating other peoples ideas, work or views into our writing assignments
Refute other writers claims
by means of argumentation
Provide counter-arguments
and counter evidence from
other sources, including your
own
What the assignment writer can aim to do
Report other peoples:
key questions
key views/positions Endorse other writersclaims
Distance yourself from key claims Associate yourself with by means of argumentation
other writers claims key arguments other writers claims
key findings
Add your own evaluative Summarise material Add your own Provide fresh supporting
comments Paraphrase material evaluative comments evidence from other sources,
Quote directly including your own
The means by which this can be achieved
Joan Allwright, Lancaster, 1995
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