Toefl exam Essentials

2. a question
3. directions
Note the three parts in this example:
Essay topic randomly 
All test-takers respond to 
selected by computer.
same essay topic.
Other test-takers may 
have different topics.
Essay topics posted on 
No published list of TWE 
www.toefl.org.
exam essay topics.
You may handwrite your 
You must handwrite your 
essay or type it on the 
essay.
computer.
Your writing score is com-
Your TWE exam essay score 
bined with your score on 
is reported separately from 
the structure section. It 
your TOEFL exam score.
counts as 50 percent of your 
total structure/writing score.

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TOEFL EXAM ESSENTIALS
(1) Many people feel that American society is too competitive. (2)
Do you agree or disagree? (3) Use specific reasons and examples to
support your position.
Some prompts skip the first part (statement/situation). Oth-
ers incorporate the first part within the question. Here is an
example of the latter:
(1 and 2 combined) Do you agree that “honesty is the best pol-
icy”? (3) Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Although all of the writing prompts fit the basic formula
described above, they can be divided more specifically into five
types: