TIPS FOR WRITING

HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT (SUBDIVIDED IN DIFFERENT MAIN PARRAGRAPHIDEAS)

Structure like page 71: there are several steps one must go through before
being employed by the Acme Corporation / The Acme Corporation wants to
make sure that all potential employees are well-qualified before being
offered a permanent position at the company.

Thesis statement must be something that implies a logical thinking:

accessibility bring tourists = the three maps representing changes in Palm
Grove between 1950 and 2000 show that the town became a resort as
accessibility from the outside improved.

MAKE PREDICTIONS OF YOUR OWN BASED ON THE FACTS

ANSWER THE WHOLE OF THE QUESTION IN THE INTRODUCTION (WITHOUT
DEVELOPING IT)
PUT ESPECIFIC DATA (PERCENTAGES, ETC)

DESCRIBE SOMETHING
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
At birth, in infancy, as an adult, at last, at the turn of the century (decade),
former, latter, in conclusion, in the 20s, in the first half of the century,
subsequently, prior to, simultaneously, to begin with.
SPATIAL ORDER
Across/across from, along (a lo largo de), through, as far as, adjacent,
midpoint, halfway, diagonal, edge, parallel to, perpendicular to, opposite,
overlapping, intersection, rectangle, square.
CLASSIFICATION
Mutually exclusive, unimportant, types of, primary, secondary, minor, main
kinds of, divided into classes, dissimilar, contrasting, contradictory,
categories.
DEFINITION

Characteristic, clarification, clarify, condition, explanation, in other words,

method, paraphrase.

SUPPORT AN OPINION
COMPARISON AND CONTAST
Almost the same as, common with, correspond to, in the same way, just as,
like/alike, resemblance, resemble, similar to, similarly, to be parallel to,
different from, differ from, even so, in contrast to, in opposition to, less than,
more than, slower than, still.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Accordingly, as a result, because of, consequently, due to, for this reason,
have an effect on, hence, owing to, reason for, therefore, thus.
PREDICTION
Forecast, foresee, in the future, infer, likely, most likely, predictable,
presume, probable result, projection, the future implications of, the most
likely outcome, the next step.