Writing Topics Topics in the following list may appear in your actual test. You should become familiar with this list before you take the computer-based TOEFL test. Remember that when you take the test you will not have a choice of topics. You must write only on the topic that is assigned to you. People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example‚ new experiences‚ career preparation‚ increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use
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is something that brings about shame or disgrace to a community or individual. People document many scandals‚ and put them in newspapers‚ on television‚ the radio‚ and they even wrote books about it for others to enjoy. In today’s media we see celebrities “shunned” all the time whether it’s something as small as a bad wardrobe or bad habits they have to their crimes like one of the most notorious American gangsters known as Al Capone. As the scandals and shunning today are different today the media
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SAT 写作历年真题汇总: 01. (2005.3) Is the opinion of the majority—in government or in any other circumstances—a poor guide? 02. (2005.3) Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? 03. (2005.3) Are people better at making observations‚ discoveries‚ and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? 04. (2005.3) Is a person responsible‚ through the example he or she sets‚ for the behavior of other people? 05. (2005.5) Do people depend on work—whether it is a job‚ schoolwork‚ or volunteer
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Satire: The Exposure of Southern Life Mark Twain wrote the renowned nineteenth century novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a humorist‚ with intentions solely entertain the reader. Although the author warns at the start of the book‚ “persons attempting to find a moral in this narrative will be banished”‚ he submerses the reader into Southern society to evaluate their values (Notice). Satirists seek to find motives behind people’s actions and by dramatizing the contrast between
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discrimination against African Americans. This is the prime reason as to why Mark twain uses satire‚ he uses satire in order to demonstrate his urge or drive in exposing our corrupt society: going from discrimination against African Americans‚ explaining how the parents of today are as well as showing who the human race is as a whole. Mark twain uses his writing to simply degrade the people of today using his writing using satire and irony. Doing this‚ this opens up a whole new slate of showing the reader who
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In Aldous Huxley’s 1931 novel‚ Brave New World‚ satire is achieved through symbolism and biblical references. Sarcasm also plays a major role in this novel’s satire. Brave New World contains examples of self-gratification and self-sacrifice that occur in the New World society. Huxley’s novel describes a society in which people have pills to wash their problems away‚ Henry Ford is their god‚ and humans are created in a lab rather than naturally. The savage part of the story is filled with self-flagellation
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A Not So Modest Proposal (Of Satire in the Eighteenth Century) In our society‚ satire is among the most prevalent of comedic forms. This was not always true‚ for before the 18th century‚ satire was not a fully developed form. Satire‚ however‚ rose out of necessity; writers and artists needed a way to ambiguously criticize their governments‚ their churches‚ and their aristocrats. By the 18th century‚ satire was hugely popular. Satire as an art form has its roots in the classics‚ especially in the
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Satire Usage Jonathan Swift uses satire in many of his works such as “A Modest Proposal”. Satire is the use of humor‚ irony or ridicule human vice. “The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of institutions of man ’s devising and attempts through laughter not so much to tear them down as to inspire a remodeling" (Thrall‚ et al 436). Although he was born in Ireland‚ Swift considered himself an Englishman first‚ and the English were his intended audience. "A Modest Proposal" begins with a description
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Rachel Cox Junior Project Mark Twain’s Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The fictional book hit on religious views and racial beliefs that defined the South when the book was published. Twain writes with the individual characters speaking in their own Southern language and not just through Huck. This makes the ridicule more effective. “Huck’s early rejection of Heaven‚ his later decision to accept damnation- are further instances of Twain’s dialectical counterpoising of the frivolous
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and many other techniques were frequently being used in the world of literature. One of the best examples of this is the very commonly deliberated and critiqued‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain used symbols‚ descriptions‚ settings‚ and satire in order to portray several aspects of transcendentalism‚ realism‚ Romanticism‚ and Puritanism. William Dean Howells defines realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material.” (Barney) It was a widespread movement
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