English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright

Exercise 4

To check your understanding of the chapter so far, see if you can answer the following questions.

1. It has been observed: ?To write well, the first thing that you must do is decide what nail you want to drive home.? What is meant by nail?

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2. How do you drive home the nail in the paragraph?

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3. What are the two reasons for using specific details in your writing?

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b. _______________________________________________________________________

Step 1 of 3

1.?The nail is the point you want to make, or “drive home.”