| Front | what is a summative reference and why might you use it |
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| Back | a convenient label that an author attaches to an idea or set of ideas in a paragraph use it because it's clearer than using "this" This can be avoided when. => All of these problems can be avoided when This was confirmed by... => This conclusion was confirmed by.... If you conclude a passage with "This hypothesis can be tested by...," the word "hypothesis" places a very specific meaning on the preceding sentences. These are not simply a set of ideas, but a set of ideas that are going to be tested by a scientific experiment. Similarly, labeling a statement as a conclusion gives it more meaning than a simple statement of opinion. algorithm: every time you see the word "this", add a summative reference |
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