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Acedemic Writing Second year Format Revision

Theoretical Part
A: Analyze the statements given whether they are false or true. [15
points]
no The following statements False or True
1 There are six types of paragraphs in the book used in writing class. 

Practical Part
A. Circle a topic and underline a controlling idea in each following sentence
[5 points]
1. My dad is the greatest person in my life.
B. Add details into the following sentences by specific words
[5 points ]
1. She was a girl
She was a tall 12 years-old girl with curly brown hair.
C. Indicate which sentence is the best topic sentence in paragraph B [2.5
points ]
Paragraph A
For example, a person can have breakfast in New York, board an airplane, and have
dinner in Paris. A businesswoman in London can instantly place an order with a factory
in Hong Kong by sending a fax. Furthermore, a schoolboy in Tokyo can turn on a TV and
watch a baseball game being played in Los Angeles.
 Airplanes have changed our lives
 Advantages in technology have made the world seem smaller.
 The fax machine was an important invention.
D. Correct the run-on sentences [5 points]
1. They clean their house they plant trees in their garden every weekend
….They clean their house and they plant trees in their garden every weekend.……
E. Underline topic sentences in paragraph B. Paragraph A is as an example for you
[2.5points]
Paragraph A
Burning cabbages causes air pollution. When people burn their wasteful things,
people might not know to badly damage environment because of CO2 and toxic
emission. An amount of poisonous substance from plastic spreads in air. This poison
consolidates and increases. Moreover, Smoke from this human activity smells bad in a
large area in a long period. Therefore, the amount of Oxygen in air decreases. People in
the region can not breathe in the quantity on base of the body need.
F. Write three supporting sentences for the topic sentences.
[5 points]
1. Her brother is a very kind man
a. He always shares things with all of their neighbors.
b. He offers helps to people who have problems
c. He teaches people to do something calmly.

G. Complete Descriptive paragraph outline by your own ideas [5 points ]


The photo of my close friend is very meaningful for me
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Background ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Descriptive
details about ……………………………………………………………………………………………
the item ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Descriptive ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Detail of ……………………………………………………………………………………………
feeling about …………………………………………………………………………………………….
the item
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Concluding ……………………………………………………………………………………………
sentence ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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H. Write a full paragraph by using the ideas in the table above [5 points]

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