Overview
Exit exams, college placement exams, and often civil service exams require test takers to answer questions in writing. Often these written exercises are given with tight deadlines so it is important to understand basic writing skills. To help writers gain the necessary writing skills they need to ace these exams, this book gives sample writing prompts -or questions -that simulate actual test questions. The categories target: persuasive, narrative, response to literature, and expository writing skills. In each section, sample essays - that serve as models of good writing -give a clear picture of what it takes to compose the kind of writing needed to get a top score.
Synopsis
High school exit exams, college placement exams, and other important high stakes tests require students to answer specific questions-in writing-while under pressure. In fact, the written exercises students encounter are assigned with the clock ticking and anxiety rising, so it is important to have a strong grounding in basic writing skills so that students can do their best when put to the test. 501Writing Prompts uses over 500 sample writing prompts that simulate actual test questions, all designed to help students gain the writing skills needed to ace exams. This book teaches precisely how to pull together the right 250 words or less to answer any writing prompt and full answers and explanations are included with each question.