1. What makes your text valuable?

1.1. Useful tips

Make sure to ask yourself the following questions as you check for paragraph links while preparing for an academic discussion/writing a paper (Gillett, Hammond, & Martala, 2009):

·        Does the start of my paragraph/speech give my reader enough information about what the paragraph will be about?

·        Does my paragraph/speech add to or elaborate on a point made previously and, if so, have I made this explicit with an appropriate linking word / phrase?

·        Does my paragraph/speech introduce a completely new point or a different viewpoint to before and, if so, have I explicitly shown this with a suitable connective?