For this exam, you’ll choose one of the assigned topics and
write an outline or graphic organizer to plan and develop your
information before you begin to draft your essay.
The information you use to prepare your graphic organizer
should be based on your own knowledge and experience of your
subject. If you do research or incorporate information that’s not
considered common knowledge into your prewriting, you must cite it
according to MLA format. Refer to Chapters 22–23 in Successful
College Writing or Chapters 39–40 in The Little, Brown Essential
Handbook.For this exam, you’ll
n Identify the steps in the writing process
n Use prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing to write
formal, college-level essays
n Distinguish among different patterns of development
n Apply an appropriate pattern of development to a specific
purpose and audience
n Write effective thesis statements
n Develop paragraphs using topic sentences, adequate detail,
supporting evidence, and transitions
n Apply the conventions of standard written American English
to produce correct, well-written essays Examination Examination
Lesson 6 Prewriting—Classification and Division EXAMINATION NUMBER
25048700
English Composition118
Topic
You will choose one of the following topic areas. Review the
graphic organizer on page 416 in your textbook. The graphic
organizer that you create doesn’t need to have boxed outlines or
arrows, but it should show your organization.
Choose one of the following topics, and divide it into
classes.
n Sports—general, types of fans, or influence on culture
n Genres of movies, television shows, or video games
n Social media or networking sites and applications
n Places you’ve lived, visited, or vacationed
As an example, following is a graphic organizer for the topic
“Types of Food.”
Examination, Lesson 6 119
Title: Types of Food
Topic announcement: Restaurants
Introduction Background: Dieting is more difficult when
eating out.
Thesis statement: Watching one’s diet is far more difficult
when dining out, especially when eating out more than eating at
home.
Burger King and McDonald’s; Burgers and fries, basic kind of
chain everyone is familiar with; too much sodium.
Taco Bell: Mexican and other cultural restaurants; Drive-thru
Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts: Coffee and donuts, on-the-run convenience
Good things: Convenience, speed, consistency, usually
friendly, clean, and open most of the time. Bad issues: Salt, fat,
sometimes not clean, sometimes staffed by teens or others that
don’t Body Paragraphs seem to really care.
Outback: Popular steak and potato chain
Olive Garden: Italian; Chinese: good food, relatively
inexpensive
Sit-down
Good things: Once again, chains are familiar, consistent, and
have standards to meet. Bad issues: Often processed, microwaved
food. Portions are too large.
Silver diners or bowling alley: Family style and greasy
spoons, but when you want to spend time Homestyle/fancy with
friends, this is where you go.
Five-star dining: Has a reputation for special occasions
Local hangouts are inexpensive but often serve large portions
and fried food. Expensive places may serve smaller portions but may
add high- Conclusion calorie sauces.
Every type of eating establishment has pitfalls for a dieter.
There are trade-offs for convenience, price, companionship, and
enjoyment of special occasions.
Essays must be typed, double-spaced, using a standard
12-point font and left justification. Use 1-inch margins at the top
and bottom and 1.25-inch margins for the left and right sides of
the document. Each page must have a properly formatted header
containing your name, student number, exam number, page number,
mailing address, and email address (see page 6 for an example).
Name each document using your student number first, then the
six-digit lesson num- ber, and finally your last name (for example,
23456789_050177 Doe). Save each as “File Type: Rich Text Format,”
regardless of your word-processing program.












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