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Practice 1
Following is an additional supporting paragraph. Notice how its first sentence uses the word example.
Here’s another example. Imagine you’re at a diner. When the server hands you your check, you notice that she made
a mistake, charging you $12.58 instead of $15.58. But you don’t tell her. Instead, you pay $12.58 and pocket the
$3.00 difference.
Practice 2
This example revises and expands one of the paragraphs in the lying with silence essay:
Original:
I’m guilty, too. I knew my friend’s boyfriend was also seeing someone else. But I kept quiet. I helped keep her in the
dark. Then, when she found him out—and found out that I’d known about it—it was terrible. It destroyed their
relationship and our friendship.
Revised and expanded:
I’m guilty of silent deceptions, too. For example, last year, I discovered that my friend Amy’s boyfriend, Scott, was
also seeing someone else. But I kept quiet about it because I didn’t want to hurt Amy. A few weeks later, some-
one else told her about Scott’s two-timing—and told her that I knew about it.
Amy couldn’t believe I deceived her like that. She felt just as betrayed as if I’d lied to her face about it. Scott’s
deception ruined their relationship. My deception ruined our friendship.