General Statement | Specific / Detailed Statement | ||
---|---|---|---|
1. | Many people think Melbourne is a very good city to live in. | a. | They suffer much higher rates of disease and infant mortality and much lower rates of life expectancy than other Australians |
2. | Unemployment in Australia remains a very big social problem | b. | It holds power federally and in five of the six states. |
3. | Australia has a very poor record in providing for the health needs of Aboriginal people. | c. | It accounts for a very high number of hospital admissions and creates a burden on our health care system. |
4. | Smoking is a very serious health problem in Australia. | d. | It was the busiest port in the world at the time. |
5. | The Liberal Party today is a very successful political party. | e. | In the early 1990's an international panel judged it to be the world's most livable city. |
6. | Having a balanced diet is considered to be very important for a person's health | f. | It has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country |
7. | Unemployment in Footscray is a very big problem | g. | It is arguably the single most important factor in determining good health. |
8. | In the middle of the nineteenth century the port of Melbourne was very busy | h. | It is probably the biggest single problem facing Australian society today |
Check your answers here
Back to the top of this page | ©Bill Daly, 1997 |
Back to Using Connectives and Paragraphs in Arguments |
Back to Front Page |