2017-04-07 TOEFL: int writing, reading paraphrase

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Integrated Writing practice (ETS past tests 2 and 3).
Email your responses to me at [email protected].
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BREAK
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Reading Section: first section of the test
- 60-80 minutes to answer 14-15 questions about each of 3 or 4 passages
Types of question you might get on the reading section:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- inference
- reference (not included in the DELTA book)
- purpose
- paraphrase
- sentence insertion (“Coherence” in the DELTA book)
- summarize
- categorize/organize
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Paraphrase Questions: Choose the sentence that includes all (and only) the important information from the highlighted sentence in the reading.
Handout (Cengage) p. 102 - Which sentence includes all the important information of the bolded sentence in the sample paragraph?
A - incorrect because it’s irrelevant to the bolded statement
B - correct
C - incorrect because it’s not mentioned
D - incorrect because it says the opposite of the bolded statement
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p. 103-104 - Decide if each restatement is incomplete (I), inaccurate/incorrect (X), or a correct paraphrase (C) of the original. (Do this for statements 1 through 9.)
1 I
2 C
3 X - The town was Muncie, not Middleton.
4 X - It’s the other way around.
5 C
6 X
7 C
8 I
9 X
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Longman p. 28-30 - Take 8 minutes to choose the correct paraphrases of the highlighted statements.
Check your answers with a partner. Explain why you think their answers are wrong if you disagree.
1 A - the “protective coloring scheme” is animal camouflage
2 D
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 D
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Homework: p. 31-33 of the handout, and 114-118 of the DELTA textbook (exercise 1.6.A)