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

Writing from semantic maps (from information structure to text structure) In research writing, first we collect our information and ideas. Then we organize our information and ideas into a structure (a map). Then we write, following our structure. Here are some simple examples of how a semantic map tells us how to write:

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