Muhammad Muttaqin

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Academic Writing II

Writing Essay
 State specific topic of the
essay
Environmental degradation is the deterioration
of the environment through depletion of
resources such as air, water and soil. It will lead
to the destruction of ecosystems, habitat
destruction, the extinction of wildlife, and
pollution. Because of that, we will have to
prevent further damage or remedy the damage
even if we were not at fault.
 List subtopics or subdivisions of
the main topic or subtopics
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of
the environment through depletion of resources
such as air, water and soil. It will lead to the
destruction of ecosystems, habitat destruction, the
extinction of wildlife, and pollution. Because of
that, we will have to prevent further damage or
remedy the damage even if we were not at fault by
reusing all the resources that we possibly can, not
throwing garbage as we please, and doing
reforestation.
The thesis statement of a logical division
essay indicating the number of subtopics
Environmental degradation is the deterioration
of the environment through depletion of
resources such as air, water and soil. It will lead
to the destruction of ecosystems, habitat
destruction, the extinction of wildlife, and
pollution. Because of that, we will have to
prevent further damage or remedy the damage
even if we were not at fault by using three
ways.
 Comparison / contrast
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of
the environment through depletion of resources
such as air, water and soil. It will lead to the
destruction of ecosystems, habitat destruction, the
extinction of wildlife, and pollution. Because of
that, we will have to prevent further damage or
remedy the damage even if we were not at fault.
But unfortunately, most people are still doesn’t
care as only some people who still paying attention
to their environment.
 The use of chronological order can be used
to show occurrence of time, order or
sequence of the subtopics.
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the
environment through depletion of resources such as
air, water and soil. It will lead to the destruction of
ecosystems, habitat destruction, the extinction of
wildlife, and pollution. Because of that, we will have to
prevent further damage or remedy the damage even if
we were not at fault. We can do it by using three ways.
First, we have to reusing all the resources that we
possibly can. At the same time, we should not
throwing garbage as we please. And at the end, we can
doing reforestation.
 not only .… but also
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the
environment through depletion of resources such as
air, water and soil. It will lead to the destruction of
ecosystems, habitat destruction, the extinction of
wildlife, and pollution. Because of that, we will have to
prevent further damage or remedy the damage even if
we were not at fault. Not only by reusing all the
resources that we possibly can and not throwing
garbage as we please, but also doing reforestation or
replanting of forests.
 Numbering can be used in a list of more
than one subtopic in a thesis statement
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the
environment through depletion of resources such as
air, water and soil. It will lead to the destruction of
ecosystems, habitat destruction, the extinction of
wildlife, and pollution. Because of that, we will have to
prevent further damage or remedy the damage even if
we were not at fault. We can do it by using three ways.
Firstly, by reusing all the resources that we possibly
can. Secondly, we should not throwing garbage as we
please. And lastly, we can doing reforestation.
A colon (:) is often useful before lists of two,
three, or more than one subtopic in a thesis
statement
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of
the environment through depletion of resources
such as air, water and soil. It will lead to the
destruction of ecosystems, habitat destruction, the
extinction of wildlife, and pollution. Because of
that, we will have to prevent further damage or
remedy the damage even if we were not at fault by
using three ways: reusing all the resources that we
possibly can, not throwing garbage as we please,
and doing reforestation.