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The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing
Patricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
[Not in series 231] 2021
► pp. 207–236

Chapter 10
Writing the Case Study

Article outline
  • A.Writing the case study
    • 1.From research question to thesis statement
      • Reformulating John’s research question into a thesis statement
        • John’s thesis statement presents:
    • 2.Presenting case study research
      • a.Present evidence thematically
      • b.Report primary research in the past tense
      • c.Build cohesion
      • d.Concluding sentences
        • Practice: John presents evidence for a theme
        • Practice: Examining John’s paragraphs
        • Practice: Examining concluding sentences
        • Practice: Cohesion
      • e.Include in-text citations for all primary and secondary data sources
    • 3.Citing sources in the case study: APA
      • a.Basic in-text citation style
        • Determining the author
        • Missing information
      • b.In-text citations for personal communication
        • Communication between the researcher and participants
        • Unpublished primary documents
          • Practice: Examining John’s in-text citations
    • 4.Writing the introduction to a case study
      • Strategies for writing the introduction
        • Practice: Reading to write—analyzing John’s introduction
        • Practice: Determining background information for John’s introduction
        • Practice: General to specific strategy for John’s introduction
    • 5.Writing the conclusion for the case study
      • Strategies for writing the conclusion
        • Strategy 1: Rephrase the thesis statement
          • Practice: Examining the introduction and conclusion for John’s case study
        • Strategy 2: Synthesize the major themes in the case study
          • Practice: Reading to write—analyzing synthesis in John’s conclusion
        • Strategy 3: Comment on the significance of the case study findings
          • Practice: Explaining the significance of John’s case study
  • B.AWARE: Writing the case study document
    • 1.AWARE: Arranging to write
      • a.From working thesis to thesis statement
      • b.Reformulating your research question into a working thesis statement
    • 2.AWARE: Writing the draft of the case study
      • a.Writing the body paragraphs
      • b.Writing the introduction
      • c.Writing the conclusion
    • 3.AWARE: Assessing
      • a.Assessing strategy: Evaluating the evidence for the case study
      • b.Assessing strategy: Evaluating the working thesis statement
    • 4.AWARE: Revising
      • Revising checklist
    • 5.AWARE: Editing
      • a.Formatting the paper
      • b.The APA reference list
        • Layout of the APA reference list
      • c.The building blocks of an APA reference citation
      • d.Formatting sources in the reference list
        • Separate the four building blocks of the reference citation
        • Authors’ names
        • Capitalization
        • Italics
      • e.Summary of formatting rules for references
      • f.Sample reference list
  • References
Published online: 10 September 2021
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