Writing+Skill+4

listen here Writing Skill 4: WRITE A TOPIC STATEMENT After you have planned your response, you should begin writing your response with an overall topic statement. Your topic statement should show how the information in the reading passage and the information in the listening passage are related. It should also include the terminology adds to, supports, casts doubt on, or challenges from the question. Look at this information from the integrated writing task on hindcasting.

TOPIC OF Listening PASSAGE: paintings that are proxies showing weather in 17th century Holland colder than today

As you study this information, you should think about writing an overall topic statement that includes information about the topics of each of the passages and about how the two passages are related. Look at a possible topic statement for the integrated writing task on hindcasting,

Topic Statement In this set of materials, the reading passage discusses a technique used by meteorologists, and the listening passage adds to this by providing an example of the technique from the 17th century.

You should notice that this topic statement does not include all the details about the topic and instead simply gives the overall idea. It also includes the terminology adds to from the question. Now look at this information from the integrated writing task on emotions.

TOPIC OF LiSTENING PASSAGE: situations when emotions differ from culture to culture

As you study this information, you should think about writing an overall topic statement that includes information about the topics of each of the passages and about how the two passages are related. Look at a possible topic statement for the integrated writing task on emotions.

260 WRITING Topic Statement In this set of materials, the reading passage cites some facts which lead to a conclusion, and the Information in the listening passage cites facts

l~ which cast doubt on the conclusion in the reading passage,.

You should notice again that this topic statement does not include all the details about the topic and instead simply gives the overall idea. It also includes the terminology cast doubt from the question.