Exercise: Exploring a topic

Choose one of the following topic sentences, and spend some time exploring the topic. Then write a paragraph that includes the topic sentence. Make sure that each of the other sentences relates to it. Assume that the paragraph will be part of a letter you are writing to an acquaintance.

  1. I found out quickly that college life was not quite what I had expected.
  2. Being part of the “in crowd” used to be essential to me.
  3. My work experience has taught me several important lessons.
  4. Until recently, I never appreciated my parents fully.
  5. One of my high school teachers helped prepare me for life as an adult.
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Choose one of the following topic sentences, and spend some time exploring the topic. Then write a paragraph that includes the topic sentence....