Exercise: 1 / 2

RECOGNISING METATEXT
Exercise 1

Purpose: The following exercise helps you to make sure that you can recognise metatext. Remember that the function of metatext is to provide the reader with an explanation of how the text should be read. Examples include
This article considers …
II. Process theory (sub-heading)
In the remainder of this section, we focus our attention …
In contrast, … (signposts)
Moreover, … (signposts)
It must be stressed that …
This paper reviewed …
As far as we can tell, …
It is obvious that …
Unsurprisingly, …
Estimated time: 20 minutes.

Press the button below to begin the exercise.