Writing Academic English 4th Edition

68 Partn IWritingan"Essall

OBVIOUSFACT

IMPROVED

PRACTICE 4

Writinglogical

DivisionThesis

Statements

Problem3:Thethesisstatesanobviousfact.

TheInternetis a communicationsuperhighway.

TheexplosionoftheInternethashadbothpositiveandnegativeconsequences.

Writea thesisstatementfora logicaldivisionessayoneachofthefollowingtopics.For

items1-3,suggestionsforsubtopicsaregiveninparentheses,whichyoudonothave

touseifyouhaveideasofyourown.Foritems4 and5, useyourownideas.Note:You

maywanttouseoneofthesetopicsforyouressayat theendofthechapter.

1. Clothing,hair,orshoestylesinyourschool(threestyles)
   2.Dangerousautomobiledrivers(speeders,cell-phoneusers,teens)
   3.Disneyland'sorDisneyWorld'sappeal(childrenandadults)
   4.Theadvantages(orthedisadvantages)oflivingina largecity/asmalltown


2. Kindsofappealstelevisionadvertisersusetosellautomobileslbeer/any
   productorservice

TransitionSignalsf01""logicalDivisionofIdeas

Transitionsignalsforlogicaldivisionessaysincludemanythatyoumayalreadyknow.

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first,firstofall,second,third,etc. First,excessivegovernmentspending
next,last,finally canleadtoinflation.
also,inaddition,moreover,furthermore
Inaddition,unrestrainedconsumer
borrowingcancauseinflationarytendencies.

Finally,anincreaseinthesupplyofpaper

moneygivesrisetoinflation.

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and Bothanincreaseinthesupplyofpaper

both...and moneyandunrestrainedconsumerborrow-

notonly...butalso ingcancauseinflationarytendencies.

Toloseweight,onemustnotonlyexercise

regularlybutalsoeatwisely.

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thefirstcause,reason,factor,etc. Asecondcauseisanincreaseinthe

the/asecondproblem,result, supplyofpapermoney.

advantage,etc.

oneproblem,reason,important Regularexerciseisonewaytogetfitand

factor,etc. loseweight.

anotherway,reason,disadvantage,etc.

anadditionalproblem,result,etc. Inadditiontogovernmentspending,

inadditiontomathandscience, ... unrestrainedconsumer borrowingcan

causeinflationarytendencies.