CARS model

Question 1

CARS acronym + what is CARS

Answer 1

Creating a research space
CARS is a rhetorical pattern model used in the introductions of research papers
CARS Consits of 3 moves.

Question 2

Move 1

Answer 2

Establishing a research territory
(what is going to be generally studied in the paper? is it important?)

Question 3

Move 2

Answer 3

Establishing a niche
(what is the problem? / why is it studied and is it important?)

Question 4

Move 3

Answer 4

Occupying a niche
(what are they doing in the paper?, what did they find?)

Question 5

How is establishing a research territory accomplished?

Answer 5

Move 1 (establishing a research territory)
a) by showing that the general research area is important, central, problematic, or relevant in some way.
b) by introducing and reviewing items of previous research in the area (obligatory)

Question 6

How is establishing a niche accomplished?

Answer 6

Move 2 (establishing a niche)
a) by indicating a gap in the previous research or extending previous knowledge in some way (obligatory)

Question 7

How has occupying the niche been accomplished

Answer 7

Move 3 (occupying the nice)
a) by outlining the purposes or stating the nature of present research (obligatory)
b) by listing questions or hypothesis
c) by announcing principal findings
d) by stating the value of the present research
e) by indicating the structure of the research paper

Question 8

Steps to establish a research territory

Answer 8

1) Claiming Centrality
2) Literature Review
3) Motives for citing

Question 9

Steps (more like a list of ways) to establish a niche

hint: is there any other research of this topic?

Answer 9

1) Counter-claiming (something is wrong)
2) Indicating a gap (something is missing)
3) Raising a question of making an inference (something is unclear)
4) Continuing a tradition (adding something)

“something” to the current day research on the topic

2 is very common, 4 is mostly used in science

Question 10

Steps to occupy the niche

Answer 10

1 = OBLIGATORY STEP
a) Author states main purpose(s)
OR b) Author describes main features of research
2) Listing research questions
3) Announcing principal findings
a) listing them in paragraph
b) listing them as bulletpoints
4) Stating value
5) Outlining the structure of the text