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Writers of position arguments generally try to make their writing logical and easy to follow. Providing cues, or road signs—for example, by forecasting their reasons in a thesis statement early in the argument, using topic sentences to announce each reason as it is supported, and employing transitions (such as furthermore, in addition, and finally) to guide readers from one point to another—can be helpful, especially in newspaper articles, the readers of which do not want to spend a lot of time deciphering arguments.
Write a paragraph analyzing and evaluating the cueing strategies Etzioni uses to help his readers follow his argument: