... applied for part - time jobs at theaters.
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WRITING
SKILLS
SUCCESS
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Reasoning Skills Are
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You will face (if you don’t already) situations on the
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Computer-Based Test vs. Paper-Based Test
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Computer-Based TOEFL Exam
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... wrote your
thesis statement. Any information or state-
ment that addresses the fundamental ques-
tions, who, what, where, when, and why is usu-
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... than the two
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Filling In Your Finalized
Outline
Now that ... sometimes the hardest) is your the-
sis statement. What are you trying to prove in
your paper? What has all your research and
evidence led you to conclude about the assas-
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... includes plenty of eyewitness accounts
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8. Non-fiction material refers to any
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a. the writer has reviewed before writing
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b. comes from a variety of ... paragraph.
b. express the opinion of the writer only.
c. have an accompanying footnote, end-
note, or parenthetical citation.
d. sufficiently get the attention of the
reader.
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... list of illustrations
and statistical data.
d. provide the most up-to-date address
and listing of the website consulted.
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36. A writer’s tone is important to establish
at the outset ... informa-
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a. is officially linked to a university.
b. is very scholarly in its tone.
c. is usually in a chat room or bulletin
board.
d. does not include any illustrations.
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... Lewis, now an ex-teacher, was one of the
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3. Judy’s well-written essay ... twenty-
five judges.
4. After the three-hour meeting, the soft-spoken
facilitator had convinced every member that
their year-end investment would yield a fifty-
dollar profit.
5. Anne won the th...