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UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE AMBATO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y DE LA EDUCACION
CARRERA DE IDIOMAS
WRITING II
NAME: CASTILLO DANILO
CORRECTION
WRITE AN ESSAY AND IDENTIFY
TYPE OF HOOK
THESIS STATEMENT
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FESTIVITIES IN THE USA

The United States of America is an interesting country which is well-
known for its festivities (type of hook: general statement). Two of the most

important ones are Halloween and Thanksgiving Day and there are a lot of
differences between them. (Thesis statement)

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First, Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31 . [ People
especially children go out and ask for candies. Also, they wear interesting and

scary costumes and masks. Furthermore, people decorate their houses and
wards with spider webs or ghosts things that can scare people during this time.

Moreover, it is common at this time of the year to give your friends a Halloween

card. There is a wide variety of different cards such as witches, black cats, and

ghosts. In addition, as everybody has watched in movies, pumpkins are popular

at Halloween. Everything made of pumpkins is really in season at this time.

They are used to prepare pies, cookies etc. . . . Also, pumpkins are used to

decorate houses by drawing scary faces on the pumpkins.]

On the other hand, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated the fourth Tuesday

of November. First, it is usual to have a big turkey dinner at this time of the

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