tailieunhanh - Express yourself part 3

Now that you have practiced the essay question type which requires you to respond to what is called a “stand-alone” prompt, it is necessary to look at the question type which provides an actual document or documents to use in your answer. These are called “text-based” questions. These are a very different kind of question—easier in some ways because the information you need is provided for you, but difficult in other ways. For example, despite the fact that the information is in front of you, you have to be able to read it carefully and knowing what to look. | Thesis statement __ Create your own box diagram Now that you have practiced the essay question type which requires you to respond to what is called a stand-alone prompt it is necessary to look at the question type which provides an actual document or documents to use in your answer. These are called text-based questions. These are a very different kind of question easier in some ways because the information you need is provided for you but difficult in other ways. For example despite the fact that the information is in front of you you have to be able to read it carefully and knowing what to look for helps. The test usually provides this help in the form of a series of multiplechoice questions about the text. Scaffold questions and the text-based question Did you ever notice the windows being cleaned on very tall buildings Or the painters working on high bridges The platforms they construct to support them as they work are called scaffolds. The dictionary defines a scaffold as a supporting framework. You may be wondering what in the world this has to do with essay writing. Well in a very real sense the information on which you rest your response is a scaffold. It supports the weight of your answer. If you have weak information or a weak scaffold the essay will fall apart just as the window washers or the bridge painters would fall if their supporting scaffold was weak. The boxing technique you learned above is a kind of scaffold. If you build a strong box with accurate and solid information you will have a strong essay. When responding to text-based questions you are usually given a series of multiple-choice questions about the passage s to answer before you write. These questions and the answers are intended to direct your attention and your thinking to the information needed for the larger written response. They are called scaffold questions because if you use them carefully they will help you identify .