1. Personal Political Commentary
1. to establish the context- background 2. indicate a problem, controversy in the field of study -importance of the topic
3. Topic sentence- Q
4. organise Arguments -commentaries to support them

2. to indicate a problem, controversy
There is a general distrust of long-term cooperation or alliance.
(topic)
It is inadequate because governments often cheat get a better payoff.
(support)
" ...nowdays there is a greater cooperation than realists might ever expect. (complication)

3. Is emigration bad for a country?
Every year millions of workers migrate to developed countries to work as doctors, engineers, or other professionals.
This is good for the rich countries, but can be bad for the developing countries.
Allowing foreign professionals to work overseas can cause many problems back home.

4. Should rich countries offer jobs to professionals such as doctors, engineers and teachers from poorer countries, even though these people are needed in their own countries?

5. Can China rise be peaceful?
Is China more interested in money than missiles?
Will the United States seek to contain China as it once contained the Soviet Union?

6. Topic Sentence announces the topic
should be stated in the first sentence

7. Topic sentence- Criteria
A good topic sentence satisfies the following two criteria
is narrow
the statement about the topic is specific, but general enough to lead to a well developed paragraph

8. General rules always use clear, short sentences
use common words that you know well but avoid very informal words
give a summary of the points you have made and present you conclusion

9. Paragraph
When you look at a paragraph, you should be able to sum it up in a single short statement

11. Personal Political Commentary
1. Introduce the subject - Topic sentence
2. Development of the
Discussion -Arguments -For or Against A1 A2 A3 etc.
Adding a point, Contrast, Logical relations
3. Conclusion or solution to the problem

12. Writing Introductions
Taken from:
in or alongside the text -the Harvard in-text referencing system