Writing Academic English 4th Edition

ECONOMICS

AGRICULTURE/LANDSCAPE

DESIGN

u.s.HISTORY

BUSINESS

HEALTHSCIENCES

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Explainthethreecausesofinflation.

Describethebasictypesofsoilsandtheadditivesneededtoprepareeachtype

forplanting.

DiscussthecausesoftheU.S.CivilWar.

Explainthethreemainformsofbusinessorganization.

Describethevariousclassesofdrugsusedtotreatdepression.

The thesis statementofa logicaldivision essay often indicatesthe number

ofsubtopics:

NativeAmericanshavemadevaluablecontributionstomodernU.S.culturein

fourmainareas.

Inflationhasthreecauses.

Thethesisstatementmayevennamethespecificsubtopics:

a.NativeAmericanshavemademanyvaluablecontributionstomodernU.S.

culture,particularlyintheareasoflanguage,art,food,andgovernment.

b.Inflationhasthreecauses:excessivegovernmentspending,unrestrained

consumerborrowing,andanincreaseinthesupplyofpapermoney.

Pairedconjunctions(both...and,notonly...butalso)areanespeciallyeffec-

tivewaytolisttwosubtopics:

c.YoungpeopleinmyculturehavelessfreedomthanyoungpeopleintheUnited

Statesnotonlyintheirchoiceoflifestylebutalsointheirchoiceofcareers.

d.Puppies,likechildren,needbothloveanddisciplinetobecomeresponsible

membersofsociety.

Acolon(:) isoftenusefulbeforelistsoftwo,three, or moresubtopicsina thesis

statement:

e.YoungpeopleinmyculturehavelessfreedomthanyoungpeopleintheUnited

Statesinthreeareas:wheretheylive,whomtheymarry,andwhattheirjobis.

f. TheFatherofPsychoanalysis,SigmundFreud,believedthatthehumanmind

hadthreeseparateparts:theid,theego,andthesuperego.