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The Use of Metadiscourse and the Quality of Compositions

Xian Zhang

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Metadiscourse refers to the aspects of a text which explicitly organize the discourse, engage the audience and signal the writers attitude. It is the quality, not the quantity, of the discourse used that helps produce a successful piece of writing.

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Metadiscourse refers to the aspects of a text which explicitly organize the discourse, engage the audience and signal the writers attitude. It is the quality, not the quantity, of the discourse used that helps produce a successful piece of writing.

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Metadiscourse refers to the aspects of a text which explicitly organize the discourse, engage the audience and signal the writers attitude. It is the quality, not the quantity, of the discourse used that helps produce a successful piece of writing.

Key concepts: Metadiscourse, Quality (philosophy), Psychology, Linguistics, SIGNAL (programming language), Computer science, Epistemology, Philosophy

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