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Contents
DEVELOPING AN ARGUMENT
Arguments and the TOEFL iBT What is an Argument? Personal-Opinion Argument: Deduction Rhetorical Strategies Personal-Opinion Argument: Induction Developing Your Opinion Fact-Based Argument: Deduction Fact-Based Argument: Induction Coherence = A High Score Argument Mapping G+3TiC=C TASK ORDER
WRITING TASKS
INDEPENDENT ESSAY
G+3TiC=C Basic Independent Essay Agree-Disagree Prompts OPDUL=C Preference Prompts Compare - Contrast Prompts
Advantage-Disadvantage Prompts Advantage Prompts Disadvantage Prompts Reason Prompts Quality Prompts Writing Practice Advanced Introduction Strategies Simple Hooks Complex Hooks Advanced Thesis Strategies Pre dictor Thesis Writing a Predictor Thesis Predictor Thesis: Parallelism Gerund Predictor Thesis Predictor Thesis: Using Synonyms 1 Predictor Thesis: When to Write 2 Predictor Thesis: When to Write Advanced Conclusion Strategies Advanced Independent Essays Emergency Independent Essay Contrarian Independent Essay Writing Practice What Have You Learned? INTEGRATED ESSAY
Argument-Counter Argument Essay OPDUL+C ETS’s Testing Method 1 Argument-Counter Argument Essay: Step-by-Step The Black-and-White Rule
Organization: Point-by-Point Style Organization: Block Style Paraphrasing 2 Argument-Counter Argument Essay: Step-by-Step Three Common Problems Writing Practice Show-Support Essay Show Support Essay: Step-by-Step Writing Practice Emergency Integrated Essay152 What Have You Learned?
SPEAKING TASKS
SPEAKING TASK ONE
Independent Task: Single-Question Prompt OPDUL=C Delivery Speaking Subjectively Basic Response 1 Basic Response: Step-by-Step Rating Yourself Rating in a Class How Long Should My Response Be? 2 Basic Response: Step-by-Step 3 Basic Response: Step-by-Step Four Common Problems Help! - My Response is Too Long! Help! - My Response is Too Short! Advanced Strategies
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