... 2001 • Three Watson, Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 73 5-2225 • Fax: (888) 73 4-4010 • www.sdlback.com •
Beginning Writing 2
57
NAME DATE
WRITING FOR DAILY LIFE: Q
UIZ
Y
OURSELF
ON
P
RACTICAL
... Irvine, CA 92618 • Phone: (888) 73 5-2225 • Fax: (888) 73 4-4010 • www.sdlback.com •
Beginning Writing 2
55
NAME DATE
WRITING FOR DAILY LIFE: A
NSWERING
Q
UESTIONS
Writing skills are important ... Phone: (888) 73 5-2225 • Fax: (888) 73 4-4010 • www.sdlback.com •
Beginning Writing 2
51
NAME DATE
WRITING FOR DAILY LIFE: L
ETTERS
OF
I
NVITATION
Imagine you are planning a party. How will...
... Little
Learning Witch
The Cat with Nine
Hundred Lives
World of Wizardry, Wicked Witches and Magic 57
DELIGHTFUL
AND DELICIOUS
DELICACIES 2
Birthday Banquet
Cheri the Chef is asked to prepare a sumptuous...
... patience and tact on your part. In
the first place, you must persuade the engineers and scientists to
write for you, and they can be very busy people who often are not
particularly interested in ... proofread
either document too many times, especially since you are applying
for a writing position. A sloppy presentation or poor writing will
not convince employers that you’re the technical writer they ... basis of your educational record, writing
ability, and potential for being promoted.
Getting Started 53
4
Duties of the
Technical Writer
With a degree in technical writing, you will be qualified...
...
INTRODUCTION FOR STUDENTS
WHAT ARE WRITING TEMPLATES?
Most simply stated, templates are models. More specifically, writing
templates are skeletal syntactic frameworks—parts of sentences or para-
graphs ... of our writing instruction in high school and college? One response
4
Introduction for Teach
• TEMPLATES AND STANDARDIZED WRITING TESTS
(SAT®,
TOEFL®)
While the goal of writing templates ... of the template will improve the way that your writing is
received, the impression that will be left with your reader.
• WHY DO YOU NEED TEMPLATES?
Templates are needed because most writing...
... example comes from page 177 of The Michigan Guide to
English for Academic Success and Better
TOEFL'"
Test Scores, an excellent
companion book to The WritingTemplate Book.
It is important ... should be raised from $5.15/hr. to $7/ hr.
Your Example
Your Thesis: Assault rifles should be banned in America.
Your Example
94 The WritingTemplate Book
Body Template, Opposing Argument
In ... restaurants, which is bad for the economy.
Summary Template 97
essay without the template, which is in bold print, then read it with the
template. See what a difference the organizational feature...
... a.
C
7.
C
8.
X
9. (football teams). See note a.
C
10.
C
11.
X
12. (dormitory rules). See note a.
C
13.
X
14. (television repairman). See
note a.
X
15. (dance recitals). See note a.
C
16.
X
17. ... people are worried about the current world’s situation.
7. The news reporter was at the scene of the accident.
8. Phyllis and Julie put up the party decorations.
9. Three footballs teams were tied ... table lamp in her living room.
20. He is taking an advanced physic course this semester.
36 PART III: TOEFL Writing Review
www.petersons.com
Answers
X
1. (late). See note b.
C
2.
C
3.
C
4. Note:...
... originated in the early part of the
twentieth century, when the emphasis was on finding
ways to make repetitive tasks more efficient.
That f
eels like the natural ending to this particular run of ... start with the most basic question: Why do you want to
write the particular project you’ve chosen? If you have several
ideas for writing projects, using the “Why?” technique for all of
them can ... all of your major characters before
you actually start writing, or you can just do it any time you start
to feel that you’d like to know a particular character better. I find
this a much more organic...
... 58 The WritingTemplate Book
Argument Roadmap Template
2
The previous argument template (pages 55-56) was taken from the
abstract of an ... essay
illustrates the need for equality in all human relationships.
56 The WritingTemplate Book
Argument Roadmap Template 1
r
This
essay
challenges
paper
examines
argues
maintains. ... the template has five parts, each one a paragraph.
There is an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
3.
You need to think about your conclusion before you finish this
template. ...
...
undertaken
offered
suggested
in
the
following
58 The WritingTemplate Book
Argument Roadmap Template
2
The previous argument template (pages 55-56) was taken from the
abstract of an ...
essay. This template is more suited to argumentative essays, but the first
:emplate example shows how it can be used in personal narrative essays.
You can, of course, omit any part of the template ... the template has five parts, each one a paragraph.
There is an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
3.
You need to think about your conclusion before you finish this
template. ...
... define. Philip B. Gove
Numbering the parts of a with words
or with figures—is simple and clear. But it suits only topics
which can be easily broken into parts. Moreover, it can seem
mechanical ... "third" can be
avoided by introducing key terms right in the topic sentence
to label the particular parts of the subject, and repeating those
terms as each aspect is brought forward in the body ... descrip-
tion of its point of view, persona, and tone. Be specific, anchoring
your assessments in particular words and phrases.
For more material and information, please visit www.tailieuduhoc.org
...