version control problem – a discrepancy between different versions of something at two different points for instance, how something is described in the text and in a diagram, or how a source is referenced in footnotes and in a bibliography. Readers get two versions and do not know which to believe. p. 127]
viva – the commonly used name for the
final oral examination in
British-influenced systems. It is a shortened form of the medieval Latin term viva voce’ (literally meaning with the living voice. Vivas involve usually two or three examiners talking for around an hour or two to the research student about her thesis. Sometimes supervisors can sit in on vivas (without speaking, but they are otherwise private sessions. pp. 216–26]
wrap sentence – the final sentence of a paragraph, which sums up its key message. It follows the
body of the paragraph. Seethe
Topic, Body,Wrap maxim. pp. 112–13]
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GLOSSARY comes next, giving reasoning, justification, elaboration, analysis or evidence.
The final wrap sentence makes clear the bottom line message of the paragraph, the conclusion reached. Avery common and serious authoring mistake is to misplace the wrap sentence, so that it misleadingly appears as the topic sentence of the next paragraph. pp. 112–13]
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