organization

Examples of organization in the following topics:

• Chicago/Turabian: Headings

  • In Chicago style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • In Chicago style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.

• APA: Headings

  • In APA style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • In APA style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.

• Taking Useful Notes on Your Sources

  • Taking organized notes on your sources as you do research will be helpful when you begin writing.
  • There are several methods for organizing your notes while researching, such as the following:
  • You can choose to organize your notes for each source by subtopic so that when you get to that topic in your essay, you can easily find the notes on it.
  • Some people use index cards to organize their notes while researching.

• Managing Information

  • Whereas an outline would group information by theme, this organizes it by source.
  • Software programs such as Excel can organize either text or numeric information into rows and columns, or the results of formulas that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells.
  • Tools such as Excel help researchers not only analyze their information, but organize it in such a way that it can be easily incorporated into the researcher's note taking system.
  • With computers, you have better ways to organize your research than old filing cabinets.

• Introduction to Writing in Business

  • Each genre of business writing carries its own conventions of organization, voice, and audience.
  • Different types of business writing require different patterns of organization.

• Reading Challenging Texts

  • An author can present material in many different organizations, including moving from particular to general information and moving from a broad to a specific scope.
  • An author may also follow a spatial, chronological, alternating, or block organization.
  • Does this organization enhance or detract from the content and the author's goals?

• Reading Carefully and Closely

  • What sort of organization does the author use?
  • What sort of organization does the author use?
  • How well do you think the text is organized?
  • Assess how an author uses tone, quotations, and organization to communicate her thesis

• Assembling Your Argument

  • Doing this requires careful planning and organization.
  • Before you sit down to write, you should start by gathering and organizing the different elements of your argument.
  • Do not worry about how you will organize them yet—at this step, the goal is just to make sure you have all the components you will need.
  • Also have an idea of how you want to organize your conclusions, particularly the order in which you will present them.
  • Take the time to consider and organize these elements now, so that when you sit down to write, you are confident that your argument is convincing.

• Step 3: Outlining

  • After you choose your topic and assemble your research, organize your ideas before you start drafting.
  • Now that you have chosen your thesis statement and researched evidence to support your various claims, you need to organize it all into a coherent, logical structure.
  • The way you organize your paper will vary depending on what your goal is and what elements of the argument you want to emphasize.
  • The outline stage allows you to experiment with different ways of organizing.

• Entering the Scientific Conversation

  • When you read a scientific article, notice how the writers use formal techniques, such as organization and language, to emphasize important points.
  • Unlike academic articles, science textbooks organize information in chronological order and highlight important terms, definitions, and conclusions with bold text and flashy graphics.