Check Your Understanding
What is Buy Nothing Day trying to change about society? The main purpose of the Buy Nothing Day is to change the culture of consumerism. The day is marked as the day where people cut out their credit cards to promote anti-materialism.
Why have some people proposed changes to Buy Nothing Day? What are the changes, and which ones do you think would be more effective? They feel that it does not do enough to change the consumer habits of people. As a result, they are proposing for a longer span of “Buy Nothing” such as Buy Nothing Christmas. In my opinion, for the goal to be achieved there must be continuous reinforcement on the side of the people behind the movement to ensure that consumers are aware of the kind of consumer culture they currently have.
Do you agree with the goals of the Buy Nothing Day Organizers? Why or Why not? I am in favour of changing consumer behaviour because it will encourage people to buy wisely. People need to realize the value of their money and use it on things that are needed whenever they buy to avoid impulsive purchases that will eventually bury them in debts if they do not manage their finances well.
Notice the Features of Academic Essays.
Look at Paragraph 1. Which sentence draw the reader in? They take out their credit cards and cut them up (Sentence no. 4)
Look at Paragraph 3, 4 and 5. What is the main idea of each paragraph.
The Best of Online Shopping
Spending, increase, online shopping, consumer behaviour
Convenience, product availability and wide range of options.
Analyze Writing Skills: Underline the sentence in paragraph 1 that get your attention or make you interested in the topic: As of 2012, Americans were spending over $1 trillion online (Ecommerce Sales”)
What is the writer discussing in paragraph 1? The writer is discussing about the growing popularity of online shopping. Online shopping helped people experience shopping in a more convenient manner. But the growth of online shopping also gave way to negative effects of online shopping such as the dangers being experienced by customers from unethical and fraud online merchants.
Three main points
The radical shift offered by the internet
Economist predict that e-commerce will increase another 62% by 2016
Forever changed consumer behaviour
Underline the main point that the writer discussed in paragraph 2. Does it match the points encircled in Paragraph 1? Online Shopping is clearly more convenient that in store shopping; Transactions are faster than ever.
Yes, this points match the main points discussed in paragraph 1 because they support the notion on why Online shopping is becoming popular in the market.
Underline the main point that the writer discussed in paragraph 3. How many supporting ideas does the writer use to explain this subject- Another advantage of online shopping is that is offers a very large number of items in stock at all times. The writer used 5 supportive ideas.
Underline the last sentence in paragraph 4. Does this sentence restate the main point of the paragraph- These conditions make online shopping less expensive overall that in-store shopping. Yes, this sentence restates the main points discussed by the other paragraphs it highlights the main advantage of online shopping in comparison with the more traditional shopping way.
Check your understanding.
According to the writer what are the main benefit of online shopping?
Online shopping is more convenient and hassle-free compared to in-store. It also offers consumers a wide range of product offerings to choose from.
Evaluate the writer’s main points. Which do you think is the strongest why? The strongest point of the writer is the convenience offered by online shopping. It is the strongest amongst the other points because a lot of people can compare and relate to the convenience provided by online shopping compare to in-store
Have you or someone you know ever had similar experiences with online shopping. Yes, I am also using online shopping and I can say that it is really more convenient to use compared to going to malls to buy products. It is less hassle and saves money, time and effort.
Introduction: Online shopping is superior to shopping in store because it’s convenient and offers consumers a wider range of products, and it saves money.
II. Convenience
Takes less time to shop
Takes less time to receive the merchandises.
III. Product Availability
Large Items in stock at all times.
Can buy things not available locally
Shows quantities of the available products
IV. Better consumer behaviour
Fewer unplanned purchases
Large stock=lower prices
Save money on gas and parking
V. Conclusion: Online shopping offers more convenience than in-store shopping because it is not only cheaper but also promotes good consumer behaviour.
3.3 Notice:
1. C.
2. B.
3. A.
3.4 Notice:
1. A.
2. C.
3.5 Notice
1. The primary benefits of online shopping
2. How online shopping is changing the shoppping experience of people
3. Yes, all the points were distributed in the body paragraphs. The information have connections and transitions.
3.6 Practice writing
1. The main purpose of exporting labour is to provide production cost in making product such as clothes. People should support this because it not only lower the cost of production but also provides livelihood to developing countries that leads to economic growth.
2. Consumers need to understand the merits of looking over quantity for quality.
3.7 Changing the supplies for gadgets is vital in the maintenance of those gadgets. Cellular for example, requires to be changed every two years not because of the trend but due to the fact that the system of the phone needs to upgraded. Expensive ink for printers, on the other hand, is needed so that the printer will not have any problems in the future if ever the owner opt to use fake ones who may clogged the printer parts.
3.8: Hook Type: Surprising Hook
Example: The world is changing, so those the landscape of online shopping
Type of background information: historical information to demonstrate the history of consumerism and how it evolved to what it is today
2. Shoppers must always look at the quality of the product. It must be their priority rather than the price. Some of the bargain products are often defective or unsold items that merchants sell on a lower price to sell out their stocks.
3.9
1. The convenience of online shopping
2. the first reason
3. second sentence
4. third sentence
5. forth sentence
6. sixth sentence
7. It is easy to see
3.10 Creation of new jobs is one of the primary advantages of consumerism
It opens a large employment options for people from various fields of expertise.
These fields of expertise allows them to achieve strong sense of productivity
With the help of consumerism, people can now look for potential careers that cater to both their professional and individual goals.
In conclusion, job openings are created based on the new businesses brought by consumerism, this is a good sign for the economy but at the same time a challenge to the businesses to ensure that they also serve the local community.
3.11 Online Shopping is an evolving shopping experience powered by the growing innovations in technology which has definitely change the landscape of how people do their shopping chores.
3.12
Body Paragraph:
In order for a business to work, they need the support of the local area.
Providing work opportunities to the local residents is one way of giving back to the community because it gives economic assistance to the people.
Conduct stringent studies that would give them ideas on the basic product needs of their target market.
In addition, work loyalty is vital to the survival of any kind of business.
Become more productive and dedicated because they know that they are also working for the community.
More confident in how they work because they are surrounded by people they know.
Why hiring people from the local areas are actually good for the business.
Another of giving back to the community is making sure that the company provides they basic needs.
Looking at what the community needs is a sign of care for the people in the area
Also, it is a sign of social responsibility because the business develops the kind of living the community
It is significant to assess the needs of the community as a business.
The concluding statement was able to summarize the entire content of the paragraph. It gives also the comment on the main topic.
With these advantages of working ethically, it seems very likely that companies will implement ethical guidelines in their businesses to ensure that the company operates under moral rules.
3.14
a. With all the advantages of online shopping, economists predict bigger numbers in terms of shift in consumer behaviours. This is now a challenge for the government to create regulating bodies for online shopping
b. with all the advantages of online shopping, this may be the call for businesses to re-assess their marketing strategies and overall shopping experience they offer to the consumers.
Writing Skill: Thesis Statements
4.1 Choose a thesis
Writing Prompt 1. Many people complain about internet ads. Should they be banned or do they serve a purpose:
Internet ads are good for business because they are the best way to target consumers, they allow popular websites to be free of charge, and they are inexpensive
