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The Reading Toolkit

  • Require Less from Memory
    • The forgotten acronym
    • The detached pronoun
    • The diverting synonym
    • The distant background
    • The broken couple
    • The word overflow
  • Sustain Attention to Ensure Continuous Reading
    • Move ideas forward
    • Make important things stand out
    • Illustrate to clarify
    • Arouse curiosity
    • Recreate suspense
  • Reduce Reading Time
    • Visual information burgers
    • Separating space
    • Trimmed, and discarded text
  • Keep the Reader Motivated
    • Dash or fuel the hopes of your readers, your choice
    • Meet the goals of your readers to motivate them
  • Bridge the Knowledge Gap
    • ‘Ground zero’ bridges
    • The research logbook: keeping track of the knowledge gaps
  • Set the Reader’s Expectations
    • Expectations from grammar, syntax, punctuation, and words
    • Expectations from Science
  • Set Progression Tracks for Fluid Reading
    • Three topic-based-progression schemes to make reading fluid
    • Non-topic based progression schemes
    • Faulty progression and pause in progression
  • Create Reading Momentum
    • The text as visual
    • The sub-clause hook
    • The countdown
    • The story
    • The question
    • The example
  • Control Reading Energy Consumption
    • The energy bill
    • The role of motivation
    • Punctuation: an refuelling station

Paper Structure and Purpose
  • Title: The Face of Your Paper
    • Six titles to learn about titles
    • Six techniques for improving titles
    • Purpose and qualities of titles
  • Abstract: The Heart of Your Paper
    • The four parts of an abstract
    • Coherence between abstract and title
    • The tense of verbs in an abstract
    • Purpose and qualities of abstracts
  • Headings/Subheadings: The Skeleton of Your Paper
    • Three principles for a good structure
    • Syntactic rules for headings
    • Purpose and qualities of structures
  • Introduction: The Hands of Your Paper
    • What is wrong with a short boilerplate introduction?
    • The introduction answers key reader questions
    • The introduction sets the foundations of your credibility
    • The introduction is active and personal
    • The introduction is engaging and motivating
  • Introduction Part II: Popular Traps
    • The trap of the story plot
    • The trap of plagiarism
    • The trap of imprecision
    • The trap of judgmental adjectives
    • Purpose and qualities of introductions
  • Visuals: The Voice of Your Paper
    • Eight principles for good visuals
    • Purpose and qualities of visuals
  • Conclusion: The Smile of Your Paper
    • Purpose and qualities of conclusions
    • Future Works