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CBEST Writing Guide: with Sample CBEST Essays and CBEST English Grammar Review Workbook by Exam SAM
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- The download guides you through the essay writing process step by step.
- It explains how to write both the expository essay and the personal experience essay.
- There are five CBEST essay topics and 5 CBEST writing samples.
- It includes the 5 CBEST writing samples (i.e. model essays) with examiner’s comments and tips for improvement.
- The PDF includes a grammar review guide that covers the mistakes students usually make in their essay writing.
- The last section of the download is a sentence building guide.
- It shows you how to write richly developed sentences in your essays.
The table of contents for the download is given below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 – About the CBEST Essays
- CBEST Essay Format & Question Types
- The CBEST Expository Essay Task
- The CBEST Personal Experience Essay Task
- CBEST Essay Scoring – How Your CBEST Essays Are Marked
- How to Avoid Common Essay Errors and Raise Your Score
PART 2 – Writing the CBEST Expository Essay
- CBEST Expository Essay Structure
- Creating Effective Thesis Statements
- Thesis Statement – Exercises and Answers
- Writing the Introduction
- Writing the Introduction – Exercises and Answers
- Organizing the Main Body
- Elaboration in the Body Paragraphs
- Elaboration of Supporting Points – Exercises and Answers
- Writing the Main Body Paragraphs – Exercises and Answers
- Writing Clear and Concise Topic Sentences
- Topic Sentences – Exercises and Answers
- Writing the Conclusion
- Writing the Conclusion – Exercises and Answers
- Sample Expository Essay – Model Essay 1
- Sample Expository Essay – Model Essay 2
- Analysis of Model Essay 2
- Sample Expository Essay – Model Essay 3
- Analysis of Model Essay 3
PART 3 – Writing the Personal Experience Essay
- CBEST Personal Experience Essay Structure
- CBEST Personal Experience Essay Tips
- Useful Phrases for the Personal Experience Essay
- Sample Personal Experience Essay – Model Essay 4
- Analysis of Model Essay 4
- Sample Personal Experience Essay – Model Essay 5
- Analysis of Model Essay 5
PART 4 – CBEST English Grammar Review
- Avoiding Misplaced Modifiers
- Negative Inversion
- Past Participle Phrases
- Past Perfect Tense
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Usage – Correct Use of Its and It’s
- Pronoun Usage – Correct Use of Their, There and They’re
- Pronoun Usage – Avoiding “You” and “Your”
- Pronoun Usage – Demonstrative Pronouns
- Pronoun Usage – Relative Pronouns
- Punctuation – Avoiding the Parenthetical
- Punctuation – Using the Apostrophe for Possessive Forms
- Punctuation – Using Colons and Semicolons
- Punctuation – Using Commas with Dates and Locations
- Punctuation – Using Commas for Items in a Series
- Punctuation and Independent Clauses
- Punctuation and Quotations Marks
- Restrictive and Non-restrictive Modifiers
- Sentence Fragments
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Grammar and Punctuation Exercises
- Grammar and Punctuation Exercises – Answers
PART 5 – Developing Your Sentences
- Using Phrases, Clauses and Cohesive Devices
- Sentence Linkers
- Phrase Linkers
- Subordinators
- Cohesive Devices by Category
- Sentence Development Exercises
- Sentence Development Exercises – Answers & Explanations
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