Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Writing Practice

18 Partn IWritingan"Essay
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TopicSuggestions

Oneareaofinfluencefromonecultureonanother(examples:food,language,

music,art,politicalsystem,educationalsystem)

Defineoneofthefollowing.Useexamplestosupportyourdefinition.

Step 1 WriteanessayfromtheoutlineyoupreparedinPractice8Bonpage

76.Followthestepsinthewritingprocess.(SeeAppendixA.)

Step 2 Afteryouhavecompletedyourfirstdraft,useSelf-EditingWorksheet 4

onpage321.Reviseyouressayandwritea seconddraftifnecessary.

Step 3 Exchangepaperswitha classmateandcheckeachother'sessays

usingPeer-EditingWorksheet 4 onpage322.Afteryourclassmate

hascompletedthechecklist,discussitanddecidewhatchangesyou

shouldmake.

Step 4 Reviseyouressayandwritea finalcopytohandin,makingany

improvementsyoudiscussedwithyourpeereditor.

Step 5 Handinyourfirstdraft,yourseconddraft,andthepagecontaining

thetwoeditingworksheets.Yourinstructormayalsoaskyoutohand

inanyprewriting(brainstormingand/oroutline)thatyoudidforthis

assignment.

Chooseoneofthetopicssuggestedandwritea well-organizedparagraph.Besure

tousespecificexamplestoSUppOliyourideas.Yourinstructorwillgiveyoua time

limit.

e Spend 1 or2 minutesatthebeginningthinkingofideasandorganizingthem.

e Spend 1 minuteattheendcheckingyourworkforerrors.

e Spendtheremainingtimewriting.

PRACTICE 10 Note:Thesetopicsareintendedtoelicita singleparagraph,notanessay.

Writingunder

Pressure

PRACTICE 9

WritinganEssay

friendship

success

addiction

sportsfanaticism

anoptimist

a pessimist

a goodteacher

a goodparent

A.ppl!}ing WhatYouHave Learned

l.ogicai

Division

ofldeas

Chapters4-7and9 endwithauthenticreadingsthatillustratetherhetoricalmode

juststudied.Thewriterofthefollowingnewspaperarticle,forexample,uses logi-

caldivisionofideas.Asyoureadthearticle,noticetheorganization.Alsolookfor

wordsandphrasesthatthewriterusestointroducehisexamples.