You are required to produce a complete topic to sentence outline, an introductio

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You are required to produce a complete topic to sentence outline, an introduction and ONE body paragraph on a topic selected from the following question:

Topic: The Caribbean region has been the site of much devastation as a result of powerful hurricanes.

Discuss the characteristics which make a named Caribbean country susceptible to the ravages of hurricanes.

Please note their attempt at the question: Read the sample Analysis by Division Assignment. Use the questions which follow to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of this assignment. Please state what changes are required to improve the assignment. Please comment on another classmates perceptions of this assignment. REMEMBER THIS IS PRACTICE FOR ASSIGNMENT ONE.

Thesis Statement: Being the most northerly Windward Island, Dominica is susceptible to the ravages of hurricanes because of its geographical location, its warm tropical waters and its peculiar trade winds.

Topic

Sentence Outline

Geographical location

Dominica’s geographical location among other islands lies within the hurricane belt in the Atlantic Ocean.

Warm tropical waters

Additionally, hurricanes form over warm tropical waters, taking advantage of Dominica’s warm sea surface summer-like temperatures.

Peculiar trade winds

Finally, the steady stream of the north east trade winds is a recipe for hurricanes.

The Characteristics which make Dominica susceptible to the Ravages of Hurricanes

The Caribbean region sits on “pins and needles” as the second half of the calendar year approaches. June 1st marks the beginning of the “wet season”, otherwise known as the hurricane season in the Atlantic. Hurricanes are severely powerful storms which develop over warm ocean waters. Several of these cyclones have “thrashed islands” within its path, dumping trillion of gallons of rain, causing irreparable damage to coastal ranges, devastation to infrastructure and loss of many living things from humans, agriculture and livestock. Recently, Dominica has experienced the impacts and effects of several major hurricanes leaving this island in need of assistance from neighbours and friends. Being the most northerly Windward Island, Dominica is susceptible to the ravages of hurricanes because of its geographical location, its warm tropical waters and peculiar trade winds.

Dominica’s geographical location among other islands lies within the hurricane belt in the Atlantic Ocean. This location places the island in a susceptible position with its longitude and latitude position being 15 degrees 25’ N and 61 degrees 20’ W respectively (Maps of the World, 2017). Revolvy (n.d) published that the area between 10 degrees and 20 degrees N is where the most hurricanes are created in any given season, because of the warm waters. Dominica is nestled comfortably within these coordinates. Outside of this range the Coriolis effect is not strong enough to create the tight circulation needed, and locations above this range provides temperatures which are too cool. Over the years, the island has been hit by category 1 hurricanes in 1915, 1915 and 1930, causing havoc within its path. In 1979, Dominica experienced its first Category 5 hurricane in the form of Hurricane David, where it took 40 lives and destroyed the country’s forestry and infrastructure. After 28 years Hurricane Dean made landfall in 2007 and destroyed over 125 homes as a result of landslides together with the Banana crop. It was later touched by Tropical Storm Erika in August 2015 causing damages of approximately $500 million according to Dr. Masters, (2017). Most recently in 2017, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm crippled the Nature Isle, when within 24 hours, it morphed from a category 1 to category 5 storm.

References

Dominica Latitude and Longitude Map. (2017)). Retrieved February 25, 2018, from https://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/dominica-lat-long.html

Masters, J., Dr. (2017)). Category 5 Hurricane Maria Hits Dominica by Dr. Jeff Masters | Category 6. Retrieved February 25, 2018, from https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/category-5-hurricane-maria-hits-dominica

Revolvy, L. (n.d.). "Hurricane Alley" . Retrieved February 25, 2018, from https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Hurricane belt&item_type=topic

What are the characteristics of hurricanes? (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2018, from https://www.reference.com/science/characteristics-hurricanes-5311f32192dc2a9a

Questions To Guide Your Critique

A. Does the thesis and sentence outline presented answer the assignment question?

B. Is there a complete thesis statement?

C. Does the thesis statement relate to the topic and present the three points identified in the sentence outline?

D. Does the introductory paragraph fulfill the following requirements?

Establish the relevant context for the question? ( provide some background on the topic)

Lead logically into the thesis statement? (Are sentences in right order, clear connection and linkages from one sentence to the other building up to the thesis? Is the thesis the last sentence in the introductory paragraph?)

Is the thesis grammatically sound? ( complete sentences, punctuation, spelling)

E. Developed Paragraph

Does it begin with a main point in sentence outline?

Is the paragraph developed with points and examples and explanations?

Does it reflect the organizational pattern required? Does it use the language of the required expository pattern?

Does it reflect evidence of academic research?

Is it grammatically sound?

Does the body paragraph have an appropriate closing/ concluding sentence to tie up the paragraph?

F. Documentation

Is documentary evidence provided within paragraphs submitted to support the material presented in the introductory and body paragraph?

Was the material presented in the paper use either APA or MLA latest version?

Was a reference list presented in alphabetic order using APA or MLA style latest version?

Topic

Sentence Outline

Geographical location

Dominica’s geographical location among other islands lies within the hurricane belt in the Atlantic Ocean.

Warm tropical waters

Additionally, hurricanes form over warm tropical waters, taking advantage of Dominica’s warm sea surface summer-like temperatures.

Peculiar trade winds

Finally, the steady stream of the north east trade winds is a recipe for hurricanes.

Explanation / Answer

A. Yes ,

B . yes

C. yes it does cover all the three points from the sentence outline given above.

D. the backgroung study of the topic is missing . The paragraph directly talks about the characteristics.

??E. yes they do talk directly about the topic but the order is missing .??

?F. Nope , they directly jump into the characteristics with any introduction.

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