Department: Social Sciences and Humanities

Major: Languages, Literatures and Cultures/ English Studies

Course: Introduction to Writing
Academic Year 2015/2016
Exam
Name:_________________________________________________________Date:___/___/
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Read the following introduction and identify:

Topic sentence(s)
Thesis statement
Three Supporting points

Introduction
Life is challenging. In order to be happy and successful, we need to prepare
ourselves on many fronts. Although participating in enjoyable activities is always
desirable, in my view it is also necessary at times to do things we do not enjoy. The
bases for my view are personal, social and financial.

2. Complete the text, adding body and conclusion.

3. Paragraphs are organized based on four elements: Controlling
ideas in the form of topic sentence(s), explanation of the
controlling ideas, example and explanation of the example.
a) Write a paragraph with all these four elements.
4. Identify in each case fragment (f) and run-on(r) and make the
necessary changes to make them sentences with complete ideas.
a) A small house___
b) Mark came in, he found me reading the Bible_____
C) Stood up to answer my question____
d) Natalino heard bad news, he fainted_____
e) Paula didnt study, she failed____
f) A big and beautiful garden_____
5. Choose a relevant topic and write a 5-paragraph essay. It can be
persuasive, narrative, argumentative, informative or any other
type.