ACADEMIC WRITING – GENERALISATION AND CAUTION

1. Generalisation

3. Recently, science students were asked if they had difficulty in obtaining their course books from libraries.
The diagram indicates their responses.
Changing the percentage figures to generalisations describe the information. e.g.

a) A few students were never able to obtain their course books from libraries.

55%
some-
times

25%
often

10%
rarely
5% 5%
never always

a) b) c) d) e)

b)

c)

d)

e)