Discourse Markers
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Discourse Markers
Icons can help us orient ourselves in texts and so on. Below are icons we use regularly, along with very brief explanations and links to much more information.
The main icon near the top of a "Build Tao" essay of stringed points. It shows that
one or many ways (means) of gaining or building (for) Tao presumably follows. [MORE] [MORE] [MORE]
The bramble bush serves as a humour icon; it shows that its adjoining section is
fairly humorous, but not without its thorns, perhaps. [MORE]
One
The first, beginning level of discourse has this heading. There are no fixed images
to go with it. Many and widely divergent images occur. [MORE]
Two
Underneath the heading you may find a puppy of an Old English
Sheepdog in various sizes:There is also room for another dog at this two-levelled stage: a Scottish terrier. The latter dog seldom appears, though. [MORE]
Three
This image identifies the third step of the discourse. And there is room for
his dog, Snoopy, too.
- and an alternative from ancient Chinese Taoism, the
tangram. 
Such a Snoopy picture and the tangram image mean the same thing in
these essays, as they show how the essay is structured at bottom. [MORE] [MORE]Summary
A magpie of this kind is an icon to mark the summary of the essay proper.
[MORE]
"In a nutshell" - The image of a child born of an egg shows that
highlights of the summary are presented once again, to make them memorable and serve
better.Anecdote or Similar
This red rose marks an anecdote. An anecdote rounds off some essays, but not
all of them. [MORE]
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