英语论文写作课件答案 陈倩ISBN 9787566304391 PPTDSRTN17.ppt

 UNIT 17 TABLES AND  FIGURES CONTENTS 1.INTRODUCTION WHEN NEEDED RELATIONSHIP TABLES/FIGURES VS TEXT 2. TABLES REFERENCE CAPTIONS NUMERING OVERSIZE 3. FIDURES CAPTION NUMBERING OVERSIZE 4. HOMEWORK OBJECTIVES To know： when tables/figures needed the conventions of tables’/figures’ about their reference caption numbering oversize To identify the relationship tables/figures vs. text 1. INTRODUCTION 1. Why and when needed？ 2. What is the relationship： tables/figures vs. the text？ Why needed？ a. can help make results of your research comprehensible to readers because some readers are interested only in summaries and conclusions than in details b. can buttress our argument by revealing complex relationships in a way that prose alone often cannot. When needed? A. Long series of numbers in the body of a paper can interfere with the development of an argument. If statistics fit smoothly into the text, so much the better. E.G. “The 670 teachers, representing seventeen nations, voted 455 to 265 in favour of the resolution.” would not be necessarily tabulated. B. Tables in the text itself should contain only quantified information such as totals and subtotals. C.Tables within the body of the text should be as brief as clarity permits. Very long and complex tables usually belong in an appendix. What is the relationship： tables/figures vs. the text？ Generally they are dependent and independent By dependence： help illustrate the bulk statistical information in a clear way also supplement and support the information given in prose form By independence： It means  a. A table/figure should be so constructed that it may be read and understood without the reference to the text for those who wish to know only the statistic data. b. The text should be so complete that readers can follow the argument without referring to the tables. Suitable to summarize the main points of the statistical data, but pointless to trans