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B. Answer the questions about the short essay. Then compare your answers with a
partner.
1. Underline the thesis statement in the introduction. Why is it the thesis of the essay?
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2. Underline the topic sentence of the body paragraph. What makes it the topic sentence?
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3. In what way do the details in the body paragraph support the topic sentence?
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4. In what way does the conclusion complete the essay?
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University Press.
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Davis, J. and Liss, R. (2006). Effective Academic Writing 3: The Essay. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
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B. Answer the questions below. Then compare your answers with a partner.
1. Underline the thesis statement in the introduction. Is it different from the thesis of the
previous short essay?
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2. Underline the topic sentence of the body paragraphs. How do the topic sentences relate
to the thesis statement?
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3. How do the three body paragraphs of the five-paragraph essay expand on the
information provided in the single body paragraph of the short essay?
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4. Is the conclusion different from that of the previous short essay?
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University Press.
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University Press.
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Davis, J. and Liss, R. (2006). Effective Academic Writing 3: The Essay. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
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Exercise 1 – Discuss the questions with a partner.

 What types of writing are the students in the pictures practicing?
 Which of these types of writing have you experienced?
 Where and when do you like to write?
 What are the different kinds of writing you do?

Exercise 1 – Discuss the questions with a partner.

 What types of writing are the students in the pictures practicing?
 Which of these types of writing have you experienced?
 Where and when do you like to write?
 What are the different kinds of writing you do?

Exercise 1 – Discuss the questions with a partner.

 What types of writing are the students in the pictures practicing?
 Which of these types of writing have you experienced?
 Where and when do you like to write?
 What are the different kinds of writing you do?

Exercise 1 – Discuss the questions with a partner.

 What types of writing are the students in the pictures practicing?
 Which of these types of writing have you experienced?
 Where and when do you like to write?
 What are the different kinds of writing you do?

Exercise 1 – Discuss the questions with a partner.

 What types of writing are the students in the pictures practicing?
 Which of these types of writing have you experienced?
 Where and when do you like to write?
 What are the different kinds of writing you do?

Davis, J. and Liss, R. (2006). Effective Academic Writing 3: The Essay. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.