Topic sentence

One of the key challenges facing the world is going to be coping with the hundreds of millions who will flock to the growing number of overpopulated megacities, especially in developing countries. The rest of paragraph A is likely to tell us about

• examples of cities where this has happened

• consequences of falling populations

• the lives of people living in the countryside

• reasons why falling populations fall further

• another challenge that needs to be addressed

A drop in a city’s population usually leads to a few empty or boarded-up and unoccupied homes, hardly enough to make the headlines or raise eyebrows. The rest of paragraph B is likely to tell us about

• another challenge that needs to be addressed

• consequences of falling populations

• reasons why falling populations fall further

• examples of cities where this has happened

• the lives of people living in the countryside

That’s just the thing: once a population starts going down, that decline tends to continue.

The rest of paragraph C is likely to tell us about

• consequences of falling populations

• reasons why falling populations fall further

• examples of cities where this has happened

• the lives of people living in the countryside

• another challenge that needs to be addressed

Many cities that are now declining relied heavily on a specific industry for employment of a large portion of the workforce.

The rest of paragraph D is likely to tell us about

• another challenge that needs to be addressed

• consequences of falling populations

• reasons why falling populations fall further

• examples of cities where this has happened

• the lives of people living in the countryside

It’s this desire to enjoy many of the aspects of an imagined utopia that is prompting many urban dwellers to pack up and move out to the country.

The rest of paragraph E is likely to tell us about

• another challenge that needs to be addressed

• consequences of falling populations

• reasons why falling populations fall further

• examples of cities where this has happened

• the lives of people living in the countryside

(Clinton17)

• A source you find on the internet.

• It’s a typical one with the last name of the author and a page number.

• The work of this author is only one page long.

• The article is from an encyclopaedia.

(qtd. in Herper 1)

• A source you find on the internet.

• It’s a typical one with the last name of the author and a page number.

• The work of this author is only one page long.

• The article is from an encyclopaedia.

• The person’s words are quoted by another author.

Which in-text citation tells you that the article is from an encyclopaedia.

• (“2002 Olympics,” par. 12)

• (Gardiner, screens 2-3)

• (“Global warming”)

• (Singleton et al. 345)

Galileo said, "The earth is round." The indirect speech of this sentence is...

• Galileo said that the earth is round.

• Galileo said that the earth was round.

• Galileo said that the earth has been round.

• Galileo said the earth had been round.

Our grandparents usually say, "Curiosity killed the cat." The indirect quotation of this is...

• Our grandparents usually say that curiosity killed the cat.

• Our grandparents usually say that curiosity had killed the cat.