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Revision Revision Box 1 (paragraphs)

Are these statements about paragraphs true or false?

  1. A paragraph is a group of sentences that are connected in the terms of the ideas in them.

  2. Each paragraph in a piece of writing has a different purpose.

  3. We usually start a new paragraph to introduce a new point.

  4. Paragraphs should never be less than twenty words.

  5. You don’t need to have paragraphs in an informal letter.

  6. We use paragraphs to make a piece of writing easier to read.

  7. Each paragraph should be indented.

  8. Each paragraph develops the idea one step further.

  9. Each paragraph starts with a topic sentence.

  10. A topic sentence is often the first in the paragraph.

Revision Box 2 (style)

Are these statements about style true or false?

  1. It is better to have lots of short sentences together.

  2. Longer, more complicated sentences tend to be more formal.

  3. Only grammar is formal; vocabulary isn’t.

  4. Phrasal verbs are usually (but not always) informal.

  5. When you write a piece of writing, the level of formality depends on who your reader is.

Revision box 3 (discursive essays)

Are these statements about discursive essays true or false?

  1. Linking words are necessary.

  2. Each paragraph starts with a topic sentence.

  3. The writer’s opinion is always stated in the introduction.

  4. Strong personal feelings must be expressed.

  5. Linking devices vary according to their position in a sentence, frequency, and punctuation.

  6. Linking devices are used to ensure that your essay is coherent and cohesive.

  7. The introduction usually begins generally.

  8. In the conclusion you should state clearly what your position is on the topic of the essay.

  9. The introduction may outline the key points of each of the paragraphs that follow in the body of the essay.

  10. Each new idea should have its own paragraph.

  11. The topic sentence needs to be supported by evidence and explanation, and followed by a comment or a link to the next paragraph.

  12. The conclusion should summarise your main ideas and restate the thesis statement.

  13. The conclusion should contain new ideas as this is the place to develop your argument further.

  14. The thesis statement and conclusion should accurately reflect the content of the essay.

  15. Conclusion brings together the ideas of the essay and represents some kind of resolution of the conflicting arguments.

  16. Essays are always written in a formal style.

  17. To justify your point of view examples and reasons are not necessary

  18. Quotations should be avoided.

  19. Strong feelings make an essay more interesting.

  20. Overgeneralisations should not be used.

  21. Short forms can be used in quotations.

  22. The reader cannot be addressed directly.

  23. The last paragraph should not give the reader something to consider.

  24. A rhetorical question can be used either in the first or the last paragraph.

  25. When giving arguments for and against you may not be objective. When writing an opinion essay your personal opinion should be included in the main body.

  26. You cannot make reference to other sources.

  27. There are three paragraphs in an essay.

  28. When you are asked to present an argument, you should always look at it from two sides, giving reasons why you agree and disagree before reaching a conclusion.

  29. Conclusions are just as important as introductions.

  30. In a discursive essay you may discuss one viewpoint and its opposing argument in the same paragraph.

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