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| How to Restate? |
Really do not know how to restate the topic? Only need a TOEFL score of 4.0 or maybe 5.0? You could simply copy part of the prompt in your introduction.
Let's look at the simplest way to do this.
- Imagine that our TOEFL essay topic is something like "do you agree or disagree that learning about the past is not important?"
- In a perfect world, you would paraphrase (restate in your own words) the essay prompt when you wrote your introduction, something like this:
- Although many believe that we should live in the present, I strongly believe that the past holds valuable lessons for everybody to learn.
 First, ...
- However, for some people, doing this may be difficult, especially if they are still learning English.
- So, if you need something simpler, the easiest way to restate the topic would be to copy the words exactly as they appear in the essay prompt, but make them fit in your introduction:
Most people strongly disagree that learning about the past is not important… This issue is a very important one, and I disagree with it for several important reasons.
First, …
This intro is not great writing, but it at least tells us what the essay is going to be about.
Good Luck!
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