Lecture Words 1.docx

Lecture Words Although

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Whether / or

Altogether

Furthermore

Useless/Worthless

Moreover

Utterly difficult

However

Admit

May

No -- whatsoever

Note that

Remarkably/Dramatically

That’s all

Supposed to be

Paramount importance / Imperative

Due

Give honor and respect / reverence

Got to know

Refute the argument

Terrible/ Horrible

Bewilder

As a token of my ---

Absolutely

Clueless

Put forth

In an attempt to –

Any stretch of imagination

beyond the scope of

Word of caution

Bottom line is

Competent enough

Inclination

Upcoming

Profusely

Getting distracted

Adequate

On the very face of it

Not abated

Stupendous discovery

Vaguely

Draw conclusion

Utterly pointless

Procrastinate (postpone/delay)

Despicable

Incurred a disqualification

Articulate (explain)

Tangible example (i.e real case one)

Get over it

Fundamental vs consequential

Harkin to advise

Not a buzz word

Staring right in the face Had they continued doing this, they would be far ahead of it. There is a good reason for this. I don’t know whether you are getting my point or not I will not derive any pleasure out of that nor will you. Discuss the matter any further Put wise on that I m open to corrections / questions Absolutely horrendous If it is not good then that is not good either I’ll get to that in a minute/ get back to it in a while

I would like you to come up with… some idea/ No matter who it comes from It might interest you Part of the reason is…

you might have noticed that

What are you smoking at? (angry) I could not come to common terms with that Let’s settle this question first You cannot turn your back on it Let me / I would call your attention towards Had it not been for his motivation, I would not have this achievement. If I had not worked hard, I would have been lost. You cannot, nor should you You are complaining like crazy Worthwhile way You can’t turn back on that Writing tips (1) Avoid words like so, very, really, use stronger word rather. e.g. He is very good. He is best.

(2) Use passive voice The war was won by France.(Passive) France won the war. (Active)

(3) Do not use short words called contractions. Like don’t, shouldn’t (4)Avoid there is or, there are (5) Use stronger verbs instead of weak verbs e.g.

He gave an assistance

He assisted

He made an objection

He objected

He conducted an investigation He investigated

(6) Transition words like (i) Moreover, (ii) Furthermore, (ii) in Addition to, must connect two different ideas. (i) is more formal (ii) is second formal (iii) most common (7) Conclusion words, So, Therefore, Thus end up at conclusion (8) Contrast words Nevertheless, However, On the contrary, (9) Use of that and which: “Thant” is restrictive/specific and “Which is non restrictive”

Thesis/Paper Writing tips Literature review is to provide introduce existing research related to your topic (for backing up and support), and to see if there is a deficiency you are going to address Levels of details about your topic: Title, abstract, introduction Conclusion: how you filled up the deficiency Fractal model of thesis: The claim is this. How I am addressing it? What is the outcome?