Master the fundamentals of the TOEFL Writing section, including task formats, key terminology, and basic scoring criteria for 'Write an Email' and 'Write for an Academic Discussion'.
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Build a Sentence
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A TOEFL iBT Writing task that asks you to compose clear, grammatically correct sentences and develop ideas using cohesion and subordination. The TOEFL iBT Writing section includes Integrated Writing and Writing for an Academic Discussion; there is no separate "Build a Sentence" task.
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Write an Email
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A TOEFL Essentials writing task in which you write a short email for a specific purpose in about 5 minutes. This task is not part of the TOEFL iBT Writing section.
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Write for an Academic Discussion
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A task where you participate in an online class discussion forum. You must state and support your opinion on a topic introduced by a professor and two students, writing at least 100 words.
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Communicative Purpose
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The specific goal of a message, such as making a recommendation, asking a question, or proposing a solution. Achieving this purpose is a primary scoring criterion for the writing tasks.
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Intact Sentence
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In the Writing for an Academic Discussion task, the intact sentence is the initial prompt sentence provided by the professor that introduces the discussion topic. Test takers can respond to it, but they cannot edit or delete that sentence.
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