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Listen [|here] Speaking Skill 18: MAKE THE RESPONSE After you have planned your response, you need to make your response. As you make your response, you should think about the following three things: (1) you should start with a topic statement, (2) you should support the topic statement, and (3) you should use transitions to show how the ideas are related. Look at the plan for a response to the independent speaking task on a certain political character and a sample response based on these notes.

TOPIC OF LISTENING PASSAGE: a type of political character known as a Hamlet

details about a Hamlet:

• Hamlet in Shakespeare's play faced a difficult decision and had a hard time coming to a decision.

• a political Hamlet is someone who has a hard time coming to a difficult decision

In this listening passage, the professor discusses a certain type of political character that is knownas a Hamlet. Hamlet was a character In a play by Shakespeare,and in the play Hamlet faced a difficult decision and had a hard time coming to a decision. A political person who has a hard time coming to a difficult decision can therefore be called a Hamlet.

You should notice that this response includes a topic statement followed by several supporting details. The transition **therefore** is used to show how the ideas are related. The following chart outlines the key information you should remember about making the response.



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