Move 1: Background information
Make a statement or give information about the central problem or aims announced in the introduction (Move 2 or Move 3, respectively). This essentially repeats information from the results section, but it re-focuses the reader’s attention on the main issue after two sections (Methods and Results) that have narrowly focused on the specific work that you have done.
Move 1 is often introduced with phrases like these.
Move 2: Statement of results
Briefly summarize your most important results. This may seem unnecessary after you have just written a whole section on results, but it helps readers to focus on the main message of the results section.
Move 2 is often introduced with phrases like these.
Make a statement or give information about the central problem or aims announced in the introduction (Move 2 or Move 3, respectively). This essentially repeats information from the results section, but it re-focuses the reader’s attention on the main issue after two sections (Methods and Results) that have narrowly focused on the specific work that you have done.
Move 1 is often introduced with phrases like these.
 | This study investigated/examined/explored... The purpose/aim of this study was to... The present study hypothesized that... |
Move 2: Statement of results
Briefly summarize your most important results. This may seem unnecessary after you have just written a whole section on results, but it helps readers to focus on the main message of the results section.
Move 2 is often introduced with phrases like these.
| We found that... Our results reveal... Our study shows... Our findings shed new light on... The present study confirmed our hypothesis that... |
Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics
Darrera actualització: 18-7-2022
Recommended citation:
«Move 1 and Move 2» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <https://www.ub.edu/llibre-estil/criteri.php?id=3479> [consulta: 2 març 2025].
