In the following sample essay questions, you need only to take a position, begin to
describe a single position and support it with examples or reasons, and then restate
your position. Often, the TWE Test questions ask you to look at two different (or
opposite) positions (Position A and Position B) and to pick one. You must then explain
why you take that position. Unlike Chinese patterns of thinking, only one position is
permitted in English writing, especially in TWE argumentative essay writing.

     Summary:

     There are three things that you are required to do in order to answer a TWE Test
question:

     1. Take a position.
     2. Support your positions with evidence, examples or reasons.
     3. Restate your position.

     In order to write an essay under the time constraint of 30 minutes, you have to learn
to identify and organize the following  issues:

     1. Write a topic sentence.
     2. List evidence, examples or reasons.
     3. Use connectives effectively.
     4. Write a concluding sentence.
     5. Arrange paragraphs appropriately.