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©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Tuesday, July 30, 2024 12:01 AMCBEST Writing Study Guide with Complete Solutions
CBEST content specification - ✔️✔️ability to 1. write with clarity (i.e. the reader can
comprehend immediately what is meant) 2. keep the writing focused (i.e. the reader is
kept on the track) 3. develop the ideas in the writing through support or illustration 4.
use the conventions of standard written English 5. maintain a line of thought essentially
free of non sequiturs, internal contradictions, unwarranted conclusions, and confusion of
fact and opinion.
Expressive essay - ✔️✔️about a remembered experience.
Expository/referential essay - ✔️✔️analytical/argumentative in nature
Basic Format for the Expository/Referential Essay - ✔️✔️1. Hook
2. These Statement (whether you agree or disagree with prompt) and short summary of
the two or three main points that support your thesis
3. Restate of supporting point 1 (details and examples that demonstrate why supporting
point 1 is true)
4. Restatement of supporting point 2 (detail and examples that demonstrate why
support point 2 is true)
5. Conclusion that summarises your supporting points and restates your thesis
Tip 1 for Expository/Referential Essay - ✔️✔️Beware of logical fallacies such as sweeping
generalisations, pst hoc ergo propter hoc, weak analogies, straw ma attacks, slippery
slope, etc
Tip 2 for Expository/Referential Essay - ✔️✔️If you have trouble coming up with more
than one supporting idea for your argument, try splitting that broad argument into two
more specific, related arguments.
Basic format for the Expressive Essay - ✔️✔️1. Hook/Exposition (set the stage)
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