... produce reasonable papers. By template I mean a skeletal syntactic framework that can be used to craft a roadmap/introduction, a conclusion, a sum-mary, or the body of an analytic paper. In ... cross-fertilization via templates. We already teach vocabulary, transitions, outlines, and even structure by means of a five-paragraph essay (whether you agree that the five-paragraph structure is valuable ... alike. The cynic's response is that too many are already alike, in their incompetence. My answer is that while some, or even many, papers may bear syntactical resemblance in certain parts,...