Academic Style
The silly decision to depart from the gold standard has had huge implications on the economy.
Avoid loaded language
What does a concluding sentence do?
1. signify the end of the paragraph
2. Lets the reader knows what to remember.
What two things does a topic sentence requires
Main topic and controlling idea
Carl (2023) said the ball was properly inflated.
While Sarah (2022) _________ with Carl, Yulia (2021) _________ with him.
disagreed
agreed
A big contributer to global warming is farming and the good thing to do is to use sustainable techniques.
Avoid vague words
What makes a supporting sentence a supporting sentence.
The ideas add to the topic sentence
What is the controlling idea
Modern commmication techonolgy is driving workers in the corporate world crazy.
driving them crazy
(political debate)
My opponent _________ that his policy is the one that will help remove this crippling inflation we are going through.
claims
This study concludes that microplastics affect your health by the inadvertant ingestion along with normal intake.
Use impersonal language and using I/me/you
What is the main topic.
You can be a conversationalist by being a good listener.
Tony didn't know the answer to the question so he _________ the evidence and eventually came to the conclusion that although scary nuclear power was the only feasible answer.
investigated
Kids in China are smart and excel at "hard" subjects such as Mathematics.
Avoid Generalisations and use hedges
What are the required types of sentences for a Paragraph
1. Topic Sentence
2. Supporting Sentence
Concluding Sentence is not required all the time
What is the Main topic and Controlling idea?
Although we live in a world that the idea of worklife balance has existed for some time there are still countries where it is not even considered in some companies.
Main topic: work life balance
Controlling idea: countries that don't consider it
In the last few paragraphs of the paper the author _________ that the reason for the conflict was jealousy
concluded
The middle school tennis player was pro enough to win the junior national tennis championship.
Avoid colloquial language.
What 2 things does a topic sentence do?
States the main topic and the specific area
Which of these is the BTS?
1. As we mentioned above of the 3 main threats to the environment are pollution, repurposing of land and direct hunting.
2. Although we have seen that the environment, the people and the location is ready for this change and this is the course of action we will look into.
3. When it comes to the equilibrium frequency the main factors that influence it is inductance and capacitance.
3
1 is a concluding sentence
2 is an incomplete sentence
In the directors commentary about the movie Steven Spielberg _________ how he had to step by step set up the shot.
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