•European: Deductive– general ideas coming together to make a specific conclusion.
•American: Inductive– specific idea(s) supported by more general data.
•Some Cultures: assume that people are intelligent enough to figure out the point (this type of writing is common in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, Scientific American, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Society, Smithsonian, The Economist, Civilization, and Modern Art.