Sample Essay The Joys of an Old Car
1 Some of my friends can't believe that my w still ming Others laugh when they see it
parked outside the house and ask it's so anfigne. But they san't being fair to my twenty-yeu-
old Toyota Corolla In fact, mymatique" has opened my eyes to the rewards of owning an old
Questions
1. Provide mother title for the essay
2. What type of essay is this? Twafy your answer
3. Which supporting paragraph i "The Joy of an Old Car" lacia a topic sentence?
Wie a suitable topic sentence
4. Rewrite the thesis statement of "The Joy of an Old Cor" to include a plan of
development
5. In "The Joyt of an Old Car," how many examples are given to capport the topic gendence
"One obvious renvord is economy"? What are the type of support used?
6. What are the to transition words or phrases in "The Joy of m Old Carthat signal tivo
major point of support for the then
1. Write another introduction for "The Joys of an Old Ca"?
2 One obvious reward of onvang my old Toyota i economy. Twenty years ago, when my
kus band and I were newly married and nearly broke, me bought the ca— shin red year-old
leftover-for a mere 14, 200. Today it would cost four times as much We save money on
insurance, since it's no longer werthubile for us to have collision coverage Old age has even
been land to the Toyota's engine, which has required only three Dajar repairs in the last several
years. And it still delivers twenty-eight miles per gallon in the city and forty-one on the
highway not bad for a senior citizen
3 I've heard that when a Toyota pages the trenty-thousand-mile merk with no problems
it will probably go on forever. I wouldn't disagree. Our Toyota breezed past that markmmy
years ago. Since then, I've been able to count on it to sputter to life and make its way down the
dovetay on the coldest, monjest mownings. When my boss gol stuck with his brand-new BMW
in the worst snowstorm of the year I wauntered into work on time. The single time my Toyota
didn't stars, unfortunately was the day I had a imal exam. The Toyota may have the body of an
old cor, but beneath its elderly hood hus the engine of a teenager
1 Last of all, having the same car for many years offers the advantage of familiarity
When I open the door and slide into the driver's seat the of vinyl swoude me like a well-
tvom glore I low to the millimeter exactly how woch room I hate when I non a corner or back
into a curbside parking zpace. When wy gay gsage poins to "Empoy." 1 know tha 13 gallons re
still in resente, ad Icsu plan accordingh. The front wheel invariably begin to shake when I go
more than fifty-five mila un bour, teminding me that I am exceeding the speed limit With the
Toyota the only surprises 1 face come frog other derreri.
51 prize my benty-year-old Toyota's economy and dependability, and most of all i
familiarity. It is faded, predictable, and comfortable, like a well-woma pair of jeans Ard. Like :
well-rvom patr of jeans, il 17ll be difficult to throw 21Ty
S. Paraphrase the following sentence:
1 When my boze got ituck with his brand-new BMW in the worst spowstorm of the yer 1
samtered into work on time.
I walked into work on time. When my bors got stuck with his brand-set BMW within
the most exceedingly bad sootstone of the year
9 Provide the meaning of the underlined worde
Annique very old, not modern.
Bzeszed light wind, more quickly
Sountered walk slowly, stroll​