Writing Academic English 4th Edition

64 Partn IWritinganEssay

PRACTICE 2

Thesis

Statements

A. Studythesethesisstatementsfromtwodifferentessaysonthetopicofthe

statusofwomeninXanadu,animaginarycountry.Oneoftheessaysusesa

comparison/contrastpattern,theothera timesequence(chronologicalorder)

pattern.Whichstatementindicateswhichpattern?

1. BeginninginWorldWarII andcontinuingthroughtheperiodofeconomic
   boom,thestatusofwomeninXanaduhaschangedremarkably.
   Patternoforganization: _


2. AlthoughthestatusofwomeninXanaduhasimprovedremarkablyin
   recentyears,it is stillverylowwhencomparedtothestatusofwomenin
   thecountriesoftheindustrialworld.
   Patternoforganization: --'_

B. Ineachofthefollowingtwothesisstatements,boththemethodoforganiza-

tionandthemajorsubdivisionsofthetopicareindicated.Eachsubdivision

willitselfbecomethetopicofa separateparagraphinthebodyoftheessay.

Underlinethetopicsofeachparagraph.Howmanyparagraphswillthebody

ofeachessayprobablycontain?

1.ThestatusofwomeninXanaduhaschangedremarkablyinrecentyearsdue

toincreasededucationalopportunitiesandchangesinthecountry'slaws.

Probablenumberofbodyparagraphs:__

2. ThestatusofwomeninXanaduhasimprovedremarkablyinrecentyears
   intheareasofeconomicindependence,politicalrights,educational
   opportunities,andsocialstatus.

Probablenumberofbodyparagraphs:__

Bod"!! Paragraphs

Thebodyparagraphsinanessayarelikethesupportingsentencesina paragraph.

Theyaretheplacetodevelopyourtopicandproveyourpoints.Youshouldorgan-

izebodyparagraphsaccordingtosomeSOliofpattern,suchaschronologicalorder

orcomparison/contrast.Sometimes,dependingonyourtopic,youwillneedtouse

a combinationofpatterns.

Logical

Division

ofldeas

A basicpatternforessaysislogicaldivisionofideas.Inthispattern,youdivideyour

topicintosubtopicsandthendiscusseachsubtopicina separateparagraph.Logical

divisionis anappropriatepatternforexplainingcauses,reasons,types,lands,

qualities, methods,advantages,anddisadvantages,asthesetypicalcollegeexam

questionsaskyoutodo.