Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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WritingTechniqueQuestions

1.Underlinethetopicsentenceofthe paragraph.

2.Whatis thesourceofthestatisticsthatareusedtosupportthisidea?

3.Whatreportingexpressionis usedtoidentifythissource?

2"WorldPopulationGrowth,1750-2150."Chart.PopulationReferenceBureau. 20 Oct. 2004

<http://www.prb.org//Content//NavigationMenu/IPRB//Educators/IHuman_PopulationIIPopulation_

GrowthIIPopulation_Growth.htm>.(ThegraphappearedonpageI.)

Likequotations,statisticsaregoodsupportingdetails.Studythegraphandthenread

theparagraphthatusesdatafromit.Noticethereportingverbthatgivesthesource

ofinformation.Asyoudowithquotations,youmustalsocitethesourceofstatisti-

caldata.

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