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long their marriage had lasted, my neighbor shrugged.
“Yes, I guess it’s a good marriage,” she said. “Time will

tell.”

Attitudes toward life shape the way we see the world. A

negative person finds the bad in everything, while a

positive person looks for the good. And the person with a
wait-and-see attitude, like someone watching a play, sits

back and waits for the next act to unfold.

Questions

1. What two techniques are used in the introduction?
a. narrow-to-broad and contrast

b. quotation and contrast

c. anecdote and quotation

d. anecdote and contrast

2. In the following space, write the thesis statement

of the essay and the topic sentence of each body

paragraph.