Practice+Exercises+for+Final+Exam

Please open the document below to find information about the Final Exam on December 18th. Some of the information has been modified, so please read it carefully. If you are confused, you can email me.

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There will be 3 types of exercises on the final exam: 1. **Using transitions to join sentences** and make a coherent paragraph. You can practice this type of activity if you click on the link "Transitions in writing".

2. **Writing Introductions and Conclusion**. You can also review these by clicking on the link for "Editing the Introduction" and Editing the Conclusion".

3. Combining sentences by following directions- This is new. An example, with the answers, is given below. __Directions:__ Read the following paragraph. Follow the directions at the bottom of the page to revise this paragraph. Make sure you revise everything asked for.

(1) My favorite possession is a small gold necklace. (2) I left Mexico seven months ago and my boyfriend gave me this necklace when I left him at the airport. (3) My parents and my two sisters were also at the airport to say good-bye to me. (4) It was a very sad time although I was happy to be traveling to the United States. (5) The necklace has a chain with a locket. (6) The locket has a nice shape. (7) On the front of the locket I see my boyfriend in it. (9) He is really handsome. (10) He has lovely hair and pretty eyes.
 * My Necklace**

1. Change the first sentence into a topic sentence that tells why the necklace is her favorite possession. 2. Cross out (X) any sentences that do not support the topic sentence (there is 1 sentence). 3. Combine sentences 5 and 6. 4. Change "nice shape" in sentence 6 to more specific words. 5. In sentence 8, the writer says "she sees her boyfriend" in the locket. Is this really true? Be more specific about where she sees her boyfriend. 6. Use more specific words to replace "lovely hair" and "pretty eyes" in the last sentence. Combine these two sentences. 7. Give a more specific title. 8. Finally, write a concluding sentence that ends the paragraph.
 * __Changes to be made:-__**

Here is one way that you could rewrite the paragraph above, making all the suggested changes. The changes are in red. In the new paragraph, the numbers have been omitted.

My favorite possession is a small gold necklace which my boyfriend gave me at the airport when I left Mexico seven months ago . (Sentence #2was deleted since it is irrelevant to the topic). It was a very sad time although I was happy to be traveling to the United States. The necklace has a chain with a locket, which is heart-shaped. Inside the locket, is a very sexy picture of my boyfriend. He is really handsome. He has short, curly black hair, and gorgeous blue eyes. In summary, my gold necklace is very special to me because my boyfriend made sure that I would always remember him whenever I looked at his gift!
 * My Special Necklace **