Bailey.Academic_Writing

1.13 Organising the Main Body 49
cross-reference
2.1 Argument
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first factories employed unskilled workers; often
women and children
in nineteenth century factories built near canals/
railways for access to markets
later some employers offered social benefits, e.g.
housing/education
2. Inside the main body, ideas need to be presented in the most
logical fashion, linked together to form a coherent argument.
Select a suitable structure from (1) and reorganise the notes
below in the best order.
Lowering the minimum school leaving age to 14 would
allow teachers to focus on teaching the students who
wanted to be in school – discuss.
if they left at 14, students would be unlikely to find
proper jobs
some students more suited to work which doesn’t
require qualifications
problem students waste everybody’s time, including
their own
effort should be made in primary schools to prevent
pupils falling behind
many older students have lost interest in learning and
disrupt classes
in future, almost all jobs will demand academic skills
3. Longer essays may include the following sections:
Literature review – a summary of the main authorities on
this topic
Experimental set-up – a technical description of the
organisation of an experiment
Methods – how the research was carried out
Findings/results – what was discovered by the research/
experiment
Case study – a description of an example of the topic being
researched
Discussion – an examination of the issues and the writer’s
verdict
The sections below constitute the main body of an essay titled
‘Studying abroad: an analysis of costs and benefits’. Decide on
the heading of each section and the best order (1–5) for them.