- •Written work requirements
- •Introduction
- •Impersonal constructions
- •Discursive essay writing
- •1.0 Discursive essays: do’s and don’ts
- •1.1 Introductions and conclusions
- •1.2 Techniques for beginnings and endings
- •1.0 Planning and organizing
- •1.1 Points to consider
- •1.2 Sample essays
- •1.0 Planning and organizing
- •1.1 Points to consider
- •1.2 Sample essays
- •Descriptive essay writing
- •2.0 Descriptive detail
- •2.1 The five senses
- •2.2 Adjectives and adverbs
- •2.3 Grammatical structures
- •2.4 Varying your sentences
- •2.0 Order of adjectives
- •2.1 Points to consider
- •2.2 Sample essays
- •My Most Treasured Possession …
- •2.0 Planning and organizing
- •2.1 Interpreting the topic
- •2.2 Points to consider
- •2.3 Expressing impressions and reactions
- •2.4 Explaining impressions
- •2.5 Techniques to make your description more vivid
- •2.6 Sample essays
- •An Ideal Seaside Resort
- •2.0 Planning and organizing
- •2.1 Points to consider
- •2.2 Techniques for describing events
- •2.3 Sample essays
- •Letter writing
- •3.0 Style in letters
- •3.1. Formal letters: planning and organizing
- •Notes on the layout of a formal letter
- •3.0. How to write a complaint letter
- •Include your contact information
- •3.1. Planning and organizing
- •3.2. Points to consider
- •3.3. Sample letters
- •3.0. Planning and organizing
- •3.1. How to say I’m Sorry
- •3.2. How to write a personal apology letter
- •3.3. How to write a business apology letter
- •3.4. Apology letter tips
- •3.5. Guidelines to find your best written apology options
- •3.6. Points to consider
- •3.7. Sample letter
- •Article writing
- •4.0. Planning and organizing
- •4.1 Writing for magazines: things to remember
- •4.2. Ideas for attracting and holding readers’ attention
- •4.3. Points to consider
- •4.4. Guidelines for writing titles/ headlines
- •Revision Revision Box 1 (paragraphs)
- •Revision Box 2 (style)
- •Revision box 3 (discursive essays)
- •Revision Box 4 (descriptive essays)
- •Revision Box 5 (letters)
- •Revision Box 6 (articles)
- •Writing topics bank
- •For letters of complaint
- •Other useful phrases for letters of complaint
- •For letters of apology
- •To introduce points/ arguments for or against
- •To make contrasting points
- •To list advantages
- •To list disadvantages
- •To list points
- •For conclusion expressing opinion directly
- •Students’ Key to Marking Symbols
- •Письменная речь английского языка
- •614990, Г. Пермь, ул.Сибирская, 24, корп. 2, оф. 71,
- •614990, Г. Пермь, ул.Сибирская, 24, корп. 1, оф. 11
Revision Revision Box 1 (paragraphs)
Are these statements about paragraphs true or false?
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A paragraph is a group of sentences that are connected in the terms of the ideas in them.
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Each paragraph in a piece of writing has a different purpose.
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We usually start a new paragraph to introduce a new point.
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Paragraphs should never be less than twenty words.
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You don’t need to have paragraphs in an informal letter.
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We use paragraphs to make a piece of writing easier to read.
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Each paragraph should be indented.
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Each paragraph develops the idea one step further.
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Each paragraph starts with a topic sentence.
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A topic sentence is often the first in the paragraph.
Revision Box 2 (style)
Are these statements about style true or false?
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It is better to have lots of short sentences together.
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Longer, more complicated sentences tend to be more formal.
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Only grammar is formal; vocabulary isn’t.
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Phrasal verbs are usually (but not always) informal.
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When you write a piece of writing, the level of formality depends on who your reader is.
Revision box 3 (discursive essays)
Are these statements about discursive essays true or false?
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Linking words are necessary.
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Each paragraph starts with a topic sentence.
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The writer’s opinion is always stated in the introduction.
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Strong personal feelings must be expressed.
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Linking devices vary according to their position in a sentence, frequency, and punctuation.
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Linking devices are used to ensure that your essay is coherent and cohesive.
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The introduction usually begins generally.
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In the conclusion you should state clearly what your position is on the topic of the essay.
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The introduction may outline the key points of each of the paragraphs that follow in the body of the essay.
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Each new idea should have its own paragraph.
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The topic sentence needs to be supported by evidence and explanation, and followed by a comment or a link to the next paragraph.
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The conclusion should summarise your main ideas and restate the thesis statement.
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The conclusion should contain new ideas as this is the place to develop your argument further.
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The thesis statement and conclusion should accurately reflect the content of the essay.
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Conclusion brings together the ideas of the essay and represents some kind of resolution of the conflicting arguments.
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Essays are always written in a formal style.
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To justify your point of view examples and reasons are not necessary
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Quotations should be avoided.
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Strong feelings make an essay more interesting.
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Overgeneralisations should not be used.
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Short forms can be used in quotations.
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The reader cannot be addressed directly.
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The last paragraph should not give the reader something to consider.
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A rhetorical question can be used either in the first or the last paragraph.
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When giving arguments for and against you may not be objective. When writing an opinion essay your personal opinion should be included in the main body.
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You cannot make reference to other sources.
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There are three paragraphs in an essay.
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When you are asked to present an argument, you should always look at it from two sides, giving reasons why you agree and disagree before reaching a conclusion.
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Conclusions are just as important as introductions.
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In a discursive essay you may discuss one viewpoint and its opposing argument in the same paragraph.