Communal living in the Pacific
UU114: English for Academic purposes.
ASSIGNMENT 1.
Name: Litiana Komaitai
ID#: s11061023
Date: 20/03/14.
Plan
Argument essay- block pattern
Title: discuss the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific people.
C – Decline in communal life
L - Reasons, pacific
D – Discuss
Introduction
Context: Every society in the pacific look for ways to uphold their inherited ways of life and preserve their unique culture.
Limited subject: Decline in communal life in the pacific.
Issue: What are major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific?
Thesis statement: the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific are threefold: sociocultural evolution, changes in life style and economical issues.
Supports for the thesis:
Main idea 1: sociocultural evolution.
One of the foremost reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific is the sociocultural evolution.
Supporting idea a: Education
Education is one reason for the decline in communal life in the pacific today.
Details: introduction of democracy and human rights
More freedom
Generation gap
Majority rule.
Supporting idea b: Greed and self-interest
The next sociocultural reason for the decline in communal life in the Pacific is greed and self-interest.
Details: Demand for ownership of land
Unreliable decisions are made by poor leaders of the community which have affected their lives.
People tend to think of their family needs only and prefer to live by themselves.
Main idea 2: Changes in lifestyle
Secondly, changes in lifestyle of people living in communal settlements are another contributing factor to the decline in communal life in the pacific.
Supporting idea a: loss of values
The loss of values has caused the decline in communal life in the pacific.
Details: intermarriages
Individualism
Conflicts of interest
Supporting idea b: westernization and mass media
Likewise, another change in lifestyle
ASSIGNMENT 1.
Name: Litiana Komaitai
ID#: s11061023
Date: 20/03/14.
Plan
Argument essay- block pattern
Title: discuss the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific people.
C – Decline in communal life
L - Reasons, pacific
D – Discuss
Introduction
Context: Every society in the pacific look for ways to uphold their inherited ways of life and preserve their unique culture.
Limited subject: Decline in communal life in the pacific.
Issue: What are major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific?
Thesis statement: the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific are threefold: sociocultural evolution, changes in life style and economical issues.
Supports for the thesis:
Main idea 1: sociocultural evolution.
One of the foremost reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific is the sociocultural evolution.
Supporting idea a: Education
Education is one reason for the decline in communal life in the pacific today.
Details: introduction of democracy and human rights
More freedom
Generation gap
Majority rule.
Supporting idea b: Greed and self-interest
The next sociocultural reason for the decline in communal life in the Pacific is greed and self-interest.
Details: Demand for ownership of land
Unreliable decisions are made by poor leaders of the community which have affected their lives.
People tend to think of their family needs only and prefer to live by themselves.
Main idea 2: Changes in lifestyle
Secondly, changes in lifestyle of people living in communal settlements are another contributing factor to the decline in communal life in the pacific.
Supporting idea a: loss of values
The loss of values has caused the decline in communal life in the pacific.
Details: intermarriages
Individualism
Conflicts of interest
Supporting idea b: westernization and mass media
Likewise, another change in lifestyle
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