Structure in writing:
an introduction

Finding text structures
Finding knowledge structures
Symbols of knowledge structures
Exercise: mapping
Exercise: writing from maps
Example: salmon extinction
Original text
Scanning for key words
Making an outline
Highlighting structure words
Semantic mapping

 

Lawrie Hunter

Kochi University of Technology
lawrie@info.kochi-tech.ac.jp

Mapping (semantic mapping)

In semantic mapping, we draw a map
which shows the structure of knowledge
in the text we are reading.

We use the semantic map symbols to draw the map.

Look at the
Salmon extinction example
to see how mapping works.

 

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