Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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adwontheirindependencefromBritain,someone
usea systemsimilartothatoftheLeagueoftheIroquois.
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ffairsbutwouldjoinforceswiththeotherstatestodeal
cernedthemall.Thisis exactlywhathappened.As
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ativeAmericanmodel. ..
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n·influenceonourlanguage,ourartforms,oureatinghabits,and
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4autonomous:independent,self-governing

• statesthespecifictopic.


• maylistsubtopicsorsubdivisionsofthemaintopicorsubtopics.


• mayindicatethepatternoforganizationoftheessay.


• isnormallythelastsentenceintheintroductoryparagraph.

Anintroductoryparagraphhastwoparts,generalstatementsandthethesisstate-

ment.Generalstatements

• introducethegeneraltopicoftheessay.
  
  
  • capturethereader'sinterest.
    Thethesisstatement
  
  
  
  

WritingTechniqueQuestions

1. Howmanyparagraphsdoesthisessaycontain?Howmanyparagraphsare
   inthebody?


2. Underlinethetopicsentenceofeachbodyparagraph,and·doubleunderline
   thetopic.(Note:Thetopicsentenceis notnecessarilythefirstsentencein
   everyparagraph.)


3. Noticewhichnounphraseappearsfourtimesintheintroduction.Circle
   eachrepetitionofthiskeynounintheotherparagraphsoftheessay.

Nowlet'sexaminethepartsofanessayinmoredetail.

CONCLUDINGPARAGRAPH

Thelntroductorl'Paragraph