LDV TSL1054 Tutorial Writing an academic paper

1. Let's look at a rather good example of synthesis. Discuss why a few words/phrases are
italicised, boxed and coloured.

In the past, opponents of immigration raised economic, racial, religious, and nationalistic
objections or questions about large-scale immigration to the United States (Jones 247-305).
Today, however, experts tell us that opposition to immigration is expressed almost exclusively in
economic terms. For example, Dan Lacy, a workplace consultant, business journalist, and editor,
found that "research of immigration attitudes" shows that the fear that some Americans have of
losing their jobs to immigrants is the main reason for opposition to immigration today (41). In the
same economic vein, Thomas Muller, an economist with the Urban Institute, points out the wide
spread concern among Americans that the new immigrants use welfare and other public-aid
programs to such an extent that they are a ''financial burden" on government and, therefore, a
financial burden on taxpayers (125-127). With these two reasons expressly conveyed, it is easy
to see that most objections to immigration now fall under the economic realm.

2. Read the following evaluative essay and discuss the language and sources used by
the candidate to evaluate the issue.

What’s so wrong with sex before marriage?

Is God the pouncing ogre when He says that sex is strictly for marriage, or is He the
loving, caring father, who knows that lovemaking is only satisfying when the lovers have
a commitment of marriage?

The Bible is not the "prudish" book that common opinion says it is. In Genesis, right at
the beginning of our species, God instructs Adam to "know" (i.e. have intercourse with)
his wife, Eve. Human sexuality is dealt with as an issue that is very much a part of our
make-up. The "love poem" that is the Song of Solomon contains some very descriptive
passages relating to lovers enjoying each others bodies. There are also many passages that
relate the results of "inappropriate" sexual contact. There are strong prohibitions against
incest, rape, homosexuality and any form of sexual molestation. The Judaeo-Christian
"cultural" prohibitions have grown out of these commandments, and centuries of
observation of the results of sexual behaviour.

A few facts.

• Females who have slept with three or more people over a lifetime are 15 times
more likely to get cervical cancer.

• Couples who have sex before marriage are more likely to get divorced. According
to a study by the National Survey of Family Growth, ( USA ) women who have
premarital sex increase their odds of divorce by about 60 percent. This fact alone
provides secular evidence for St. Paul ’s injunction, "flee fornication."

• The more promiscuous you are before marriage, the more likely you are to
 commit adultery AFTER marriage.

• If you live together before marriage, you are more unlikely to marry that person.
Columbia University found that "only 26 percent of women surveyed and a scant
19 percent of men" married the person they were living with. Another study
showed that even if they do marry, couples who begin their marriages through
cohabitation are almost twice as likely to divorce within 10 years compared to all
first marriages: 57 percent to 80 percent.

• Found that 'perfect person'? Don't be fooled! People who have sex before
marriage run a risk of marrying someone who is not right for them. Sexual
intimacy can be emotionally blinding and it makes couples feel closer than they
really are. One counsellor put it perfectly by saying, "Real love can stand the test
of time without physical intimacy." The sexually active lose objectivity."

• That who try it outside of marriage often suffer guilt and fear due to the dangers
of STDs or unwanted pregnancy. Feelings of guilt can lead to frigidity and
impotence."

• Perhaps not so remarkably, it is those who stay pure and marry who enjoy sex
most: The Family Research Council surveyed 1,100 people about their sexual
satisfaction. In aWashington Post op-ed, FRC’s William Mattox, Jr. took a look at
the inspiring results. It was "found that 72 percent of all married ‘traditionalists
(those who believe that sex outside of marriage is wrong) report high sexual
satisfaction. This is," Mattox explained, "roughly 31 percentage points higher than
the level registered by unmarried ‘non-traditionalists’ (people who have no or
only some objection to sex outside of marriage) and 13 percentage points higher
than that registered by married non-traditionalists."

July 19, 2000 The Medical Institute Advisory www.medinstitute.org

Most Sexually Experienced Teens Wish They Had Waited.The National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy recently surveyed a nationally representative sample of 501
teens ages 12 to 17 and found that 41 percent of them had had sexual intercourse. Among
those who were sexually experienced, 63 percent of the total and 72 percent of the girls
reported wishing they had waited longer before becoming sexually active.

Other important findings of the survey included:

1.) Teens rated their parents as the most influential factor in their decisions about sex.
2.) 78 percent of all teens surveyed believed that teenagers should not be sexually active.
3.) 89 percent of those surveyed would advise their own brother, sister, or friend not to
have sex until at least after finishing high school.

In 1997, 73.0% of births to married women were healthy, compared with 53.5% of births
to single women.
In 1997, 70.6% of births to women with at least a high school education were healthy,
compared with 51.2% of births to women with less than a high school education.

Mothers under 15 years of age continue to be the most likely to have a low birth-weight
baby; risk of low birth-weight is lowest among births to women 25-29 years of age.

Low birth-weight infants as a percentage of all infants born in the United States, by age
of mother (1998) ...
Under Age 15 13.1%
Ages 15 - 19 9.5%
Ages 20 - 24 7.5%
Ages 25 - 29 6.7%
Ages 30 - 34 7.0%
Ages 35 - 49 8.7%

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