Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Chapter 5 I ChronologicalOrder:Process"Essalls 83

WritingTechniqueQuestions

1.Whatis thethesisstatement?Howdoesit indicatethatat leastpartofthis

essaywillusechronologicalorganization?

2.Whichtwoparagraphsexplainprocesses(howsomethingworksorhow

somethinghappens)?Whattwoprocessesareexplained?

3.Whichparagraphdescribesthedesignofa nuclearpowerplant?

4. Whatkindofintroductiondoesthisessayhave-"funnel"orattention-getting?
   5.Whatkindofconclusiondoesit have?Doesit summarizethemainpointsor
   paraphrasethethesis,oris it a differentkind?Doesit givea finalcomment?
   Inyouropinion,is thiskindofconclusionappropriateforthisessay?

reactioncompletely.A high-pressurewaterbathsurroundstherods.Thewater

actsasa coolantbyslowingdowntheneutrons.Insom graphi 8

isaddedtothewaterbecausegra sl A con

shellusuallysurroundsthepartsc that

radioactivitycannotescape.

Howdonuclearreactorsprodu

areproducedbybombardingthenu

a neutronstrikesa nucleus,thenucl

energythenheatsthewatersurroundi

of zirconium.Thehotwaterispumped

produced.Finally,thesteampassestoa tu

produceelectricity.

HowdidtheaccidentatChernobylh auseonthe

dayof theaccident,thesafetysystemon isabledwhile

operatorsperformedanexperimentaltest. ctorcooled

excessivelyandthreatenedtoshutdown.If e operators

wouldnothavebeenabletorestartthereac iodoftime.Toavoid

thissituation,theyremovedmostofthecon asagainstall

safetyrules.Soon,thereactorbegantoove reactoroverheated,

thefuelrodsmeltedandspilledtheirradioa 0 thesuperheated

water,whichthenflashedintosteam.Next,th surefromthe

steamblewthetopoffthereactor,andbecau onfinementshell

aroundthereactor,radioactivematerialshotin sametime,hot.

steamreactedwiththezirconiumshellsofthef ththegraphitein

thecoolantwatertoproducehydrogengas w. e .10Thegraphite

burnedfora longtime,spreadingevenm. totheatmosphere.

Intheend,thecostoftheChernobylacci enormous.Thirty-one

peopledied,andseveralhundredwerehaspit housandshadtobe

evacuatedandresettled.ThesoilaroundChern. I willremaincontaminated

foryears.ThelessonfromChernobylis this:A well-designednuclearpower

plantu,singnormalfuelis notdangerousaslongas ro ersafetyprocedures

arefollowed.However,poordesignand/ordisregar safetyregulationscan

leadtocatastrophe.

8 graphite:graysubstanceusedinleadpencils

9 nuclei:pluralofIlucleus,thecentralpartofanatom

lOignited:begantobum

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