Fundamentos de investigacion

UNIT I
Parts of an essay

Definition of an Essay
An essay is a piece of writing several paragraphs long. It is about one topic, just as a paragraph is. However, because the topic of an essay istoo complex to discuss in one paragraph, you need to divide it into several paragraphs, one for each major point.

The Three Parts of an essay
To attract your reader's attention.
To state the mainidea of the essay. A thesis statement for an essay is like a topic sentence for a paragraph.
A few general statements
Thesis statement
Introduction
Body
Consists of one or more paragraphs. Eachparagraph develops a subdivision of the topic, so the number of paragraphs in the body will vary with the number of subdivisions or subtopics.
Like the concluding sentence in a paragraph, is asummary or review of the main points discussed in the body.
Conclusión
Parts of an essay

UNIT II
Reported Speech
Definition
Indirect Speech (also referred to as “reported speech”) refers to asentence reporting what someone has said.
* If the reporting verb (i.e. said) is in the past, the reported clause will be in a past form. This form is usually one step back into the past from theoriginal.
For example:
He said the test was difficult.
She said she watched TV every day.
Jack said he came to school every day.
* If simple present, present perfect or the future is used inthe reporting verb (i.e. says) the tense is retained.
For example:
He says the test is difficult.
She has said that she watches TV every day.
Jack will say that he comes to school every day.* If reporting a general truth the present tense will be retained.
For example:
The teacher said that phrasal verbs are very important.
UNIT III
Chronological order
DefinitionChronological order is a way of organizing ideas in the order of their occurrence in time. Chronological order has all sorts of uses.

Uses of Chronological order

We also use it to explain processes and...