Don’t waste time using ChatGPT or QuillBot to write your thesis.
Instead, use Paperpal which is an AI-powered app.
Here’s how I get high-quality academic writing in minutes:
Paperpal can be used (1) on the web or (2) installed as a Word Add-In.
I prefer to use the Word Add-in to edit as I write – this saves hours of time and supports a seamless writing experience.
Paraphrase Text
Select the text you want to re-write.
The newly written text has the same meaning, numbers and academic tone. Excellent for giving your words an academic boost.
The suggestions will be loaded on the 'Rewrite' tab within seconds.
Trim Text
Paperpal’s Trim feature calculates the word count of your selected sentences or paragraph and provides a reduced version of your text, matching the required word count.
This tool is great for times when you’re struggling to reduce words without losing the meaning. It can also help reduce repetition and help your work sound more concise.
Language Check
This is a fantastic feature. Paperpal picks up on errors within academic writing and suggests edits as you write.
This includes checking word choice, spelling, punctuation, redundancy and much more.
Contextual Synonyms
Do you keep repeating the same word? Stuck on finding a better one?
Simply highlight the word and Paperpal will suggest some other academic words related to this one.
In this example, I much prefer the word ‘required’ to ‘needed’.
Paperpal is your new academic assistant, working at machine speed but with human precision.
Remember, Paperpal doesn’t generate new information for you – rather assisting on a wide range of writing correction tasks.
Here are 6 strong examples of ways to be critical in a thesis:
1. Comparative Analysis
Compare and contrast different theories, methodologies, or findings relevant to your research question. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
Evaluate how your research builds upon or challenges existing frameworks.
2. Identifying Limitations
Acknowledge the limitations of your own research design, data collection methods, or theoretical framework. Discuss how these limitations may impact the validity and generalisability of your findings.
Here's are questions to ask yourself when reflecting and critiquing research papers:
(1) consider a counter-argument - an objection, alternative, or problem that a
skeptical reader might raise
(2) define your terms or assumptions (what do I mean by this term? what am I assuming here?)
(3) handle a newly emergent concern (but if this is so, then how can X be?)
(4) draw out an implication (so what? what might be the wider significance of the argument I have made? what might it lead to if I’m right? or, what does my argument about a single aspect of this suggest about the whole thing? or about the way people live and think?)