week 3 text analysis

Scientific TEXT ANALYSIS

WEEK 3

1.     SCAN the text quickly and identify its structure, making use of the HEADINGS you see in the text.

Introduction – experimental – method validation – results – discussion and conclusion

2.     READ the introduction. Write down the verbs you find in the introductory paragraph.

Is produced

Infect

Removing

Eliminate

Can be produce

Goes

Destroyed

Can have

Recommended

Is derived

Has been indentified

3.     Which tense and voice are these verbs? Give at least 5 examples. Why do you think this particular tense has been used in the introduction?

Has been indentified: present - active

Is destroyed: present - passive

Goes: present simple - active

Is derived: present perfect - active

Be produced: present – active

You always use the present in the introduction

CHECK YOUR TENSES

	SIMPLE	PERFECT
PRESENT	We write	We have written
	She works	She has worked
PAST	We wrote	We had written
	She worked	She had worked
FUTURE	We will write	We will have written
	She will work	She will have worked
	PROGRESSIVE	PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT	We are writing	We have been writing
	She is working	She has been working
PAST	We were writing	We had been writing
	She was working	She had been working
FUTURE	We will be writing	We will have been writing
	She will be working	She will have been writing

4.     Identify in the introduction the sentence which states the purpose of the paper.

Patulin is produced by various molds, which primarily infect the moldy part of apples.

5.     Examine now the METHODS section. Which verbs can you identify? Which tense are these verbs? Which voice (active or passive)? What is your explanation for the use of these particular tenses and voice in the METHODS section.

Was used: past passive

Was completed: past passive

Was evaporated: past passive

Was dissolved: past passive

Were spiked: past passive

You always use the past in passive form in the methods.

CHECK YOUR TENSES

	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
Present	Huet (2008) mentions the need to investigate	This view is supported by O Connor (2010) who writes….
	Browns et al. (1999) identify X and Y as the major cause of	The relationship between X and Y has been widely investigated
	Smith (2009) argues that….
PAST	Jenes et al.(2001) measured the componenets of	Questionnaires were distributed among….
	Brown (1998) performed similar experimenst	The subjects were instructed to indicate….
	Smith and Jackson (2010) used a survey to assess…	The information was recorded…
	The objectives of the research were to determine	The survey was based on the findings of Ghoa(2005).
		A positive correlation was found between X and Y
FUTURE	The first section of this paper will assess….	In the results section X will be assessed ……..
	The review begins by laying out the theoretical dimensions of the research…… It will go on to….