DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE METHODOLOGY SECTION

A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN PERIODICALS

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https://doi.org/10.18764/2525-3441v11n29.2026.07

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Literature review;, Academic genres;, Articles;, Methodology section;

Abstract

The socio-rhetorical analysis of academic genres has gained prominence, especially in the study of their constituent sections. This work aimed, through a literature review, to observe the main findings in articles that focused on the Methodology section of academic papers, from 2010 to 2025. Based on Swales (1990), Bezerra (2022), Biasi-Rodrigues, Hemais, and Araújo (2009) for genre analysis, Hyland (2004) for disciplinary culture, and Motta-Roth and Hendges (2010) for the methodology section, the research adopted a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach. To compose the corpus, the study selected three articles from the CAPES Journal Portal. The results revealed significant variations in academic genres and the disciplinary cultures addressed, indicating progress in understanding the rhetorical organization of the Methodology section. It is concluded that these distinctions enrich the field of Academic Genre Analysis from a sociopragmatic perspective.

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ELIS REBECA DE MACEDO CUNHA, State University of Piauí

Master’s student in Language and Culture in the Graduate Program in Letters (PPGL/UESPI) and holder of a degree in Portuguese Letters from UESPI. Member of the Academic Reading and Writing Laboratory (LEIA), a research group linked to UESPI. She has worked as a teaching assistant in the extension courses ACADEMIC LETTERING: PRACTICES OF WRITING ABSTRACTS IN THE CONTEXT OF PIBIC and WRITING ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS, AS AN ACTIVITY OF THE PIBEU PROJECT: THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING, both offered by UESPI. She has also served as a teaching assistant in higher education for the subjects Introduction to Reading and Academic Text Production and Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Practice at UESPI. She was a PIBIC-CNPq scholarship holder, conducting the study titled METHODOLOGY SECTION: DESCRIPTION OF RHETORICAL STRATEGIES IN THE FIELD OF LETTERS, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Bárbara Olímpia Ramos de Melo at UESPI.

Bárbara Olímpia Ramos de Melo, State University of Piauí

Doctor and Master in Linguistics (UFC), Specialist in Portuguese Language (UFPI), and Graduate in Letters/Portuguese (UFPI). Postdoctoral internship in Language Sciences at UNICAP. Lecturer in the undergraduate program in Letters/Portuguese and in the Graduate Program in Letters at the State University of Piauí (UESPI). She is currently a Productivity Fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq and was a productivity fellow of the Piauí Research Support Foundation - FAPEPI (2021 to 2022). Member of the ANPOLL Working Group on Textual/Discursive Genres. Leader of the research group STUDIES ON GENRES AND LITERACIES IN ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC CONTEXTS - LETAC, registered in the CNPq research group directory, and coordinator of the ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING LABORATORY - LEIA/UESPI. She is a researcher in the research groups Genre, Text, and Education - GETE, linked to the Catholic University of Pernambuco, and the CATAPHORA research center, linked to the Federal University of Piauí and Text Study Group - GETEXTO, linked to the State University of Piauí. She is a counselor of the State Education Council of Piauí, elected for the 2024 to 2028 term. She is part of the Directorate of the Linguistic Studies Group in the Northeast - GELNE - for the 2025-2026 period. She develops studies on text genres and literacies, especially in academic and scientific contexts. (Text provided by the author)

John Hélio Porangaba de Oliveira, State University of Piauí

Holds a Postdoctoral degree in Letters from PPGL/UESPI (January 2024 to December 2025). PhD and Master's in Language Sciences from UNICAP, Specialization in Higher Education Teaching from FACEAR, and a Bachelor's degree in Letters from UNEAL. Member of the study group Genres, Text, and Teaching (GETE) at UNICAP and the Reading and Academic Writing Laboratory (LEIA) at UESPI. Collaborates on projects of directed academic genre writing (informative abstract, review, research projects, scientific article), some with a platform registered by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Works on the interface of university genres and academic literacies, focusing on processes of production, teaching, and research, situated in qualitative approaches under sociointeractionist analytical frameworks of language, as well as sociorhetorical, sociocognitive, and sociodiscursive/socioconstructive perspectives. His research addresses polysemous and multifaceted issues of language phenomena through the study of specific genres as practices and processes of academic literacies. Their interest lies in language for specific purposes, culturally and socially situated, addressing ethnographic issues concerning perspective and reality, unity and diversity, variation and difference, tacit and explicit. Their studies cater to the knowledge of both the broad area of Linguistics, Letters, and Arts, as well as the broad multidisciplinary area. Thus, their focus encompasses knowledge of tasks and meaning, as well as knowledge of skills for socio-interactive and cognitive development. They are part of the management team of the Northeast Linguistic Studies Group (GENE) for the 2025-2026 biennium in the role of treasurer. They have worked as a scholarship professor in undergraduate programs (Indigenous Intercultural Teaching Degree Course of Alagoas CLIND/UNEAL) and in graduate programs (Strategic Postdoctoral Internship, full-time dedication to teaching, research, and extension).

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2026-07-06

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DE MACEDO CUNHA, ELIS REBECA; OLÍMPIA RAMOS DE MELO, Bárbara; PORANGABA DE OLIVEIRA, John Hélio. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE METHODOLOGY SECTION: A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN PERIODICALS. Afluente: Revista de Letras e Linguística, Bacabal, v. 11, n. 29, p. 1–18, 2026. DOI: 10.18764/2525-3441v11n29.2026.07. Disponível em: https://www.periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/afluente/article/view/28804. Acesso em: 9 jul. 2026.

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