Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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Noticethatsubtopicsareinparallelfonn, whichmeansthattheyhavethesame

grammaticalfonn:Inexamplesa,d,andj,allarenouns;inexampleb,allareadjec-

tive+nounphrases;inexamplec, allareprepositionalphrases;inexamplee,allare

dependentnounclauses.

SeethesectionParallelismonpages179-180forinfonnationaboutparallelfonn.

Forcolons,seepages285-287,andforpairedconjunctions,seepage181.

Thesis

Statements

forlogical

Division

ofldeas

B. Analyzethefollowingthesisstatements.

Note:Youmaywanttouseoneofthetopicsinthispracticeorthenextfor

yourownessayattheendofthechapter.

Step 1 Locatethemaintopicandthesubtopicsineachofthefollowingthesis

statements.

Step 2 Drawa boxaroundthetopic.

Step 3 Underlinethesubtopics.

Step 4 Drawa circlearoundthewordsorpunctuationmarksthatintroduce

thesubtopics.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1.ICapitalpunishmentshouldbeabolishedl€to~becauseit deprives

anotherpersonoflife~t=a~becauseit doesnotstopcrime.

2. Womengenerallylivelongerthanmenfortwomainreasons:Theytend
   totakebettercareoftheirhealth,andtheyhavebetterresistancetostress.


3. Teenagersdeclaretheirseparatenessfromtheirparentsbythewaythey
   dressandbythewaytheytalk.


4. Inchoosinga major,a studenthastoconsidervariousfactors,suchaspersonal
   interest,jobopportunities,andtheavailabilityoftraininginstitutions.