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

Salmon extinction

Semantic mapping

Use the semantic map symbols to make a map of the information
in the text that you are reading. This will help you to find the
knowledge structure of the writing. Below is an example
of how to map part of the Salmon Extinction article:

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