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1、CommonLogicPatternsinEnglishArgumentationLogicpatternsaremodestodevelopideasandtoconcludeconclusions.Generallyspeaking,thereare9commonlyusedlogicpatternsofargumentsinacademicwriting,i.e.,directstatement,induction,deduction,analogy,illustration,quotation,comparison,disproof,andcauseandeffec
2、t.Togetmoreexactunderstandingonthelogicpatterns,wefocusonthearticlesthatwetakeassamplesforotherpartsofthebook.Thoughweonlyfocusontenarticlesthataretakenrandomlywefindenoughexamplesfortheninecommonlyusedlogicpatterns,anditshowsthatthelogicpatternsarereallycommon.1.DirectstatementDirectstate
3、mentisthelogicpatternbywhichtheauthordevelopshisideabydirectstating,defining,explaining,reasoningandanalyzing.Theveryoftentakenmodeofdirectstatementis:first…second…third….Oneofthefollowingdirectstatementpassagesisthebeginningpartofthearticle‘TheGreatTransition’,andtheotheristhelastpartofth
4、earticle‘TradeOpenness:WhoBenefits?’.In‘TheGreatTransition’theauthorwrites:‘Chinaisattractingenormousattentionforverygoodreason.ThereasonisnotjustthatChinaisbigorthatitseconomyistheonlyonethat’sbeenabletosustainrapidgrowthoverthelastthreeyears.It’sthatChinaisnowprofoundlyaffectingthecompet
5、itivecapabilitiesofallmultinationalcorporations.Companiesthroughouttheworldareaffectedbytheimpactoflow-costChinesemanufacturingonworldwidepricing,forinstance,whetherornottheyhaveoperationsthereorengageindirecttrade.BeneaththesurfaceofChina’senormousaccomplishmentsisacomplicatedstory:Thecou
6、ntry’sastonishinggrowthandexplodingdomesticmarketpromisehugeopportunities.Butthatgrowthalsomaskssystemicweaknesses.China’scomparativemanufacturingadvantagemakesitanalluringplatformfromwhichtoexporttotherestoftheworld.Butthatplatformsitsinafast-changingandhigh-riskoperatingenvironmentthatha
7、sfrustratedmanyfirms’questsforprofits.WhenChinafirsttimorouslyopeneditseconomytoforeigninvestmentin1979,therulestightlyrestrictedthelocations,sectors,andtypesofparticipationopentoforeigners.Asthoserulesgraduallyrelaxedovertheensuingdecades,thefortunesofinterna