ARW01 WRITING 1

Choose the topic sentence that best fits the paragraph

• Daniel Tammet is very good at math and has a great memory

• Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant who loves solving mathematical problems.

• Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant with exceptional memory and mathematical

  abilities

• Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant famus in the USA

Choose the topic sentence that best fits the paragraph

• To reach world-class expertise requires a lot of hours and a brain

• Daniel Levitin, a neurologist, has extensively studied what is needed to reach success

• Daniel Levitin believes that it takes the brain a long time to assimilate the

  information necessary to be an expert

• To reach world-class expertise requires a lot of time and practice

Choose the topic sentence that best fits the paragraph

• We should make Hothouse kids learn math and music even at an early age.

• Hothouse kids learn math and music at an early age

• Hothouse kids learn math and music at an early age.

• “Hothouse kids” is a term used to define children whose parents push them

  to learn more quickly and earlier than a “normal” child by providing a rich

  educational environment

The underlined topic sentence is worng/incomplete. Which controlling idea fits best the paragraph?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a genius in his childhood in Austria

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a genius for his abilities

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was considered a genius becuase of his many musical talents.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was considered a genius becuase of his many musical talents and abilities.

The underlined topic sentence is worng/incomplete. Which controlling idea fits best the paragraph?

• Scientists are interested in the roles that nature and nurture each play in development.

• Scientists are puzzled by the roles that nature and nurture each play in development.

• Scientists devate the importance of nature and nurture and roles each plays in a family.

• Scientists devate the importance of nature while not in nurture in development.

The underlined topic sentence is worng/incomplete. Which controlling idea fits best the paragraph?

• Malcom Gladwell wrote another book, Outliers: The Story of Success in 2008

• Malcom Gladwell wrote another book, Outliers: The Story of Success and it is not a hit.

• Malcom Gladwell wrote another book, Outliers: The Story of Success and it was not a hit.

• Malcom Gladwell has written another non-fiction best seller, Outliers

Identify the sentence fragments

• Before Daniel received his counting book when he was four years old

• Although autistic savants have many extraordinary skills and abilities.

• Gladwell has written an interesting book. Which emphasizes the importance of

  hard work in achieving success

• Because Dr. Levitin says that at least 10,000, hours of practice are needed to

  achieve success.

• All are sentence fragments

The following fragments was corrected changing the punctuation.

• Before Daniel received his counting book, when he was four years old

• Although autistic savants have many, extraordinary skills and abilities

• Gladwell has written an interesting book which emphasizes the importance of

  hard work in achieving success

• Because Dr. Levitin says that at least 10,000, hours of practice are needed to

  achieve success.

The following fragments was corrected adding more information and rewritted as a complete sentence

• Before Daniel received his counting book, he was four years old

• Although autistic savants have many extraordinary skills and abilities, they also have challenges

• Gladwell has written an interesting book which emphasizes the importance of

  hard work in achieving success

• Because Dr. Levitin says that at least 10,000, hours of practice are needed to

  achieve success.