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LLCE

WRITING EXAM
3h30 (synthèse + traduction)
EXPOSITORY ESSAY

To describe + to analyze + to confront

Dos Don’ts
- Create a link between the three documents -not a summary
- Support your ideas with specific examples -do not list your ideas/analyze the texts one by one
from each doc
- =conversation between the three docs

TIPS:
-while reading, take notes in a table

DOC 1 DOC 2 DOC 3


type of doc, author, date, historical context, main ideas, examples/quotes, point of view/narrative (who
speaks? Neutral? Subjective? Aim of the doc (denounce, mock, provoke, amuse…)

-organize your ideas (common points/differences between the documents, raise a key question

INTRODUCTION: theme, briefly present the three docs, key questions and outline
PARAGRAPHS: main idea + examples
CONCLUSION: how do the three documents shed light (differences/similarities) on the specified theme

LANGUAGE TOOLS

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