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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Research Abstract
While a substantial amount of studies have been conducted on the processes of writing and composing within the academic environment, little research has been completed on the professional and technical writing that takes place in today’s job market. Therefore, this ethnographic research study will closely examine how lawyers use rhetoric methods in their writing to communicate within the legal realm and develop compelling arguments for specific cases. This study will explore the writing processes of lawyers through personal observation and interviews with one or more attorney. Through focusing on actual documents written by lawyers, the study will offer insight into the writing methods and decision making tactics used by these professionals. This study will explore lawyers’ use of the written word to advocate cases and defend clients.
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The shape of your abstract is excellent. You certainly have a clear understanding of the four rhetorical moves to make within such a text. My one major suggestions here concerns the opening sentence. Actually, lots of research has been completed on professional and technical writing in today's world. That being said, the project you are looking to complete is still a great one to pursue. Therefore, he work for you to do is to set up the importance of your study is a different way that helps readers to understand why we need to study the writing process of a lawyer. I'm just thinking off the top of my head right now, but here's an example: Many people are familiar with the types of arguments that lawyers make (we've seen fictional course cases on TV dramas and in films, we've read about court cases in the newspaper and heard about them on the TV news, and we maybe have even attended court cases ourselves) but we do not know as much about the kinds of planning, drafting, and revising that goes into creating the polished arguments that the lawyer makes in the courtroom.
If I were to write an abstract with that type of beginning, I'd also need to round out the paragraph by explaining how your research project will address this question and also what the larger implications of your research study might be.
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