framework

(noun)

The identification and categorization of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.

Examples of framework in the following topics:

  • Addressing Opposing Viewpoints

    • Additionally, addressing arguments that oppose your own within the body of an essay can strengthen the persuasive power of your own argument and provide a useful framework for your paper.
    • While the previous two examples use the addressing of oppositional arguments to provide a framework to the paper, it is important to include a brief engagement with opposing viewpoints in the opening paragraph.

  • Articulating Your Argument Up Front

    • This provides your reader with a preview of where the paper will go, as well as establishing the argumentative framework you will be working within .
    • Because of the established framework, the reader will logically understand the progression of the writer's argument because the writer has legitimized his or her claim by citing an accepted theory (framework) and thus the reader will be directed towards a particular conclusion.

  • Critical Thinking

    • Upon what assumptions and theoretical frameworks do the argument rely?
    • Are these assumptions and frameworks appropriate for the discipline?

  • Overview of the IMRAD Model

    • After you support your methods of data collection or creation, defend the framework you use to analyze or interpret the data.

  • Explaining the Stakes and the Consequences

    • You can also work with critical theory, which provides broadly applicable theoretical frameworks.