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... exam within 20 to 30 minutes. Fortunately, a few simple strategies can help you generate ideas for any essay assignment.  Brainstorming Ideas How do you generate ideas? Some writers stare at a blank page ... inspiration can play an important role in good essay writing, planning, drafting, and revision are critical. Whether you have to write an essay in class, during a test, o...

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... useful during an essay exam? a. brainstorming b. freewriting c. outlining d. journaling 15. Brainstorming typically takes place during which step in the writing process? a. planning b. drafting c. ... lesson deals with the concept addressed in that question. Set aside another 30 minutes to complete Part 2. Pretest 7 20 . Which of the following strategies will make an essay more co...

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... technology; write instead for a reader who has a broad knowledge base that is not expert in any subject. That means explaining anything your reader might not be familiar with, without talking down. Examples ... sedan. Clear: A speeding motorist in a blue sedan hit a student who was jogging through the park. Correcting Ambiguous Language Avoid Ambiguity Ambiguous means having t...

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... determining whether each paragraph has just one main idea, whether there are adequate transitions between paragraphs, and if your introductory and concluding para- graphs fulfill their distinct ... lens, examining it at the paragraph level. The first question to ask about paragraphs is also a “big picture” question: 1. Are you paragraphs in a logical and effective order? Once you’ve add...

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... Title: Write better essays in just twenty minutes a day. PE1471.C47 20 0 6 808.4—dc 22 20 0 6000438 Printed in the United States of America 987654 321 Second Edition For information or to place an order, ... You’ll probably have to write one in class as part of an exam, and/or have a large part of your grade based on an essay. But they’re not just worth grades...

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... without a paragraph break, take a careful look at your ideas. Can they be broken up logically into two or more paragraphs? To be reader friendly, a typical typed page should have at least one, ... first or last. But the inductive and deductive formats work for most paragraphs, and form the backbone of paragraphing strategy. –PARAGRAPHS AND TOPIC SENTENCES– 73  Drafting a Thesis Statem...

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... describe a search in which a student was unfairly accused and blamed for a crime. The following descrip- tion appeared in a law journal article about such as case: Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and ... of legal searches. Since the note about a bomb threat (Mazza contends it was a joke) was found during an illegal search, the case had to be dropped. Mazza sat taller in hi...

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... requires and monumental budget to admin- ister and maintain. A flat tax, which would treat all taxpayers equally and dramatically reduce tax compliance cost, is the answer. A Question Open up with a ... reader’s attention, making your introduction an invitation to read on. These strategies are: 1. a quotation 2. a question 3. a surprising statement or fact 4. an imaginary situatio...

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... or fact, an imaginary situ- ation or scenario, an anecdote, interesting background information, or a new twist on a familiar phrase. –INTRODUCTIONS– 97 –INTRODUCTIONS– 98 Skim through a magazine, ... diet plans, Americans today are heavier than ever. There are many reasons for this nationwide weight gain, but experts agree that the main cause is lack of exer- cise. And one of the reason...

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... step in re-visioning looks at your essay with a stronger lens, examining it at the paragraph level. The first question to ask about paragraphs is also a “big picture” question: 1. Are you paragraphs ... paragraphs in a logical and effective order? Once you’ve addressed this question, you can look at each paragraph individually with the following ques- tions in mind: 2. Does each p...

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