Toefl exam Essentials

1. Introduction
2. Body: Support 1
3. Body: Support 2
4. Body: Support 3
5. Conclusion
The following is an expanded outline based on the e-mail
prompt described earlier in this chapter. The outline organizes the
supporting ideas by increasing importance. It includes reasons that
support the thesis and examples that support each reason:
1. Introduction
Thesis: In my opinion, e-mail is a less personal form of
communication than letter writing.
2. Body
Reason 1: People take less time to write e-mails than
letters.
Examples: My friends & I write quick, short e-mails—
they don’t take a lot of thought.

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My grandparents took hours, even days, to write
long letters.
3. Body
Reason 2: People don’t choose their words carefully in e-
mails.
Examples: I don’t bother to check my spelling or
grammar in my e-mails.
My grandparents wrote their letters using care-
ful, correct sentences.