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- Audience, Purpose and Text Types56
- Prewriting and Revising32
- Paragraph Structure179
- Essay Structure108
- Linking Words and Cohesion70
- Writing Style and Language Techniques57
- Descriptive Writing72
- Narrative and Creative Writing108
- Persuasive and Argumentative Writing211
- Letter and Email Writing194
- Report and Proposal Writing49
- Article and News Writing42
- Writing Reviews28
- Summarising and Paraphrasing17
- Process Analysis Writing7
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Language Paper What are the conventions? Descriptive writing, primarily uses adjectives to create imagery. This is the simplest way to describe, although, there are other literary features to be included in descriptive writing. Simi...
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CAE Essay: Useful Vocabulary Problem = difficulty= obstacle toverb + problem to create / to cause / to lead to / to pose / to represent problemto tackle / to discuss / to address / to solve / to overcome problemto aggravate / to exacerbate (fml) ...
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Writing Techniques Arguing or Persuading DAFOREST D = Direct Address A = Alliteration / Anecdote F = Fact O = Opinion R = Rhetorical Question / Repetition E = Emotive Language / Exaggeration&nb...
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Writing a review. English task. C1 level english exam In the last year I had the pleasure of watching Goyo Gimenez´ latest show, "By the way" at the teatro Circo in Albacete During the performance, one can experiment comedy on live, where the subject is pointless due to ...
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Writing: young people can learn from past generations Writing: you have watched a youtube documentary in class about what young people can learn from past generations. Here are some notes from the video: In which ways can young people learn from past generations: family ...
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Editing Marks Steps:1. Capitalization: Every word that starts a sentence should be capitalized. All proper nouns should be capitalized. If a word is capitalized when it shouldn't be, fix it!2. End marks: At the end of every sentenc...
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Pre - writing Step 1:Before you begin writing anything -- Ask yourself: Why are you writing? Who are you writing to/for? What do you hope to achieve? What is your purpose? Who is your audience? What tone are you hoping to achieve? ...
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Persuade Persuade:What is it? Persuasion is an attempt to alter the way a person thinks to your own way of thinking. Persuasion and argument are very similar – they are styles of writing or speaking that seek to influence. Per...
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English Have you ever had someone give you directions? It’s easy to forget exactly what the person said. Were you supposed to turn north or south at the traffic light? Was it the second house on the right or on the left? If y...
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15 Common Writing Errors 15 Common Writing Errors 1. SENTENCE FRAGMENT A sentence fragment is a group of words that is not a sentence. At its minimum, every sentence must form an independent clause; that is, it must have a subject and a predi...
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Functional Writing 1 - Letter, Emails, Blogs, Text & Articles To understand the importance of genre, purpose, audience, and style when approaching functional writing tasks. To understand how to structure a formal letter, informal letter, diary entry article, blog and email. To a...
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Summary Poetic Devises: To create rhythm: - Repetition - Syllable variation - Rhyming Enhances meaning - Simile- comparison between to unlike things - Metaphor- Does not use like or as - Symbol- describing one thing to descri...
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Section B Writing to Inform, Explain or Describe Question 5: 16 marks25 mins
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READING SKILLS2.1 The Essay In this lesson, you’ll learn about paragraphs and how they function in different types of writing. An essay is a common type of writing. A standard essay consists of an introduction, body paragraphs, and a c...
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Article AUDIENCE What style of language is appropriate for your reader? Does it need to be formal or informal – even chatty? It will certainly need to capture and hold their attention and this means being lively and interesti...
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October 21/13 - The Art of Writing a Paragraph What is a Sentence?- Expresses a complete thought- Must have a subject and a verb (predicate)What is a paragraph?- A group of sentences that explains ONE topic or idea---visual cues, reader friendly, linked but separa...
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Useful phrases for the FCE writing exam SUGGESTED ANSWERS Emails and letters -Salutation: Dear Sir/ Madam/ Dear Sir or Madam Dear Mr/ Ms + family name Dear + given name Hi + given name -Opening line: Thank you for… It was so nice to hear from you. I am writ...
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October 7th-Punctuation and Essay Writing PUNCTUATION: COMMA-Use commas to separate items in a series of three or more.------Drive two blocks north of Main, turn left, go past two traffic signals, and turn right.-Use commas to set off any word or p...
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4 Mistakes in Persuasive Writing Elon Musk, Ronald Reagan, and Oprah Winfrey—what do these individuals have in common? They are all masters of persuasion.Persuasion is an instrumental life skill. We use it every day, whether we are debating a hot-but...
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Complaint letter Congress To Whom it may concern: After having been at the recent Communication Congress Madrid 2018, I have found myself with the obligation / I have found myself obligated to / I have felt obligated to address to his company ...
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Speech Writing skills with examples Title(Main topic)Introduction(to the point and engaging at the same time)Good morning/afternoon/evening! fellow .... members/schoolmate.Thank you for being here today/this afternoon.As the chairman of choir/leader of ...
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Article 2 It has to get attention If you're anywhere on the internet these days, you'll be bombarded with articles with headlines that pull the reader in. It's called "click baiting" and all the writer is trying to do is make...
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Writing: Report about reducing the environmental impact The purpose of this report is to make recommendations aimed at reducing the environmental impact that this company has been generating for so long, takin (into) account of suggestions from colleagues within the group....
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YEAR SEVEN ENGLISH ESSAY GUIDELINES Introduction Grab the reader’s attention. You might want to use: An interesting fact An important piece of information A quotation A summary of the text you are studying A rhetorical ques...
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HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH - created from Mind Map Step 1: Identify the purpose of the paragraph Step 2: Show why the paragraph is relevant Step 3: Provide evidence
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Speaking / writing : the benefits of regular exercise. Health INTRODUCTION In recent years many people have become increasingly aware of (conscious of) the need for physical fitness. Almost everywhere people turn whether it is to a newsstand, television or billboard, advic...
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Essay Writing - created from Mind Map 1. Advantage and Disadvantages Essay 2. Problem and Solution Essay 3. Opinion Essay
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Discursive Essay. Trinity Essay in General:Use formal register. Avoid phrasal verbs. Not short forms. Today: discursive essay. Discuss a topic(150-180)What is a discursive essay?While Reading...First step: While reading the text, underline the...
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Day 3 - Unit 2 Practice Stimulating Ideas [Without correction: 84] Write for ten minutes on the topic below. Express yourself as well as you can. Don't worry about mistakes. Write about a piece of clothing that is s...
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Writing Prompts Writing prompts can focus on a variety of topics. For example, you might be asked to write about a Personal experience Current event Social, scientific, historical, or political issue Work of literature Questions abou...
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Breakdown of Analysis PEZZ Paragraph POINT: The idea that you want to look at in more detail.'President Obama felt that Nelson Mandela was an exceptional human being.' EVIDENCE: Justify your point with one to two relevant quotes.'He commen...
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Writing to persuade When you are persuading people, you usually use a different style. You don't need to show both sides - all you have to do is present your ideas. For instance, imagine you had to persuade people to buy a certain toothp...
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Writing/ELA Notes Theme is a central message or idea woven into the action of a story. Fables always include a moral, a lesson about life. The repetition of a word or phrase called motifs. Plots, he action in a story, is...
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Advice letter not enough time for household chores Dear Andrea, "I have no time for nothing neither my family nor even myself", this complaint is unfortunately heard quite often in this 21st century. Due to both members of the couple usually work now outside hom...
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Writing: a report of events In order to write a good narrative essay, take into account the following tips: A narrative essay is a report of events that has happened in the past, so the TENSES you must use have to to in ...
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Language Features Language FeaturesAdjectives - words used to describe- sleepy,lovley , beautiful Verb - doing word - i am travellingSimilie- a comparison - it was like Metaphor - stating something is to what it is - it wasEmotive Lang...
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Part 2 A standard essay consists of an Introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Introduction - The main idea of the essay. Is designed to grab the readers attention. Body paragraphs - Made up of a variety of supporti...
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Writing Narratives Writing Narratives A narrative is the description of an event. A narrative is made up of the element of context, setting, a perspective, characters or actors, and a conclusion. Context is the big picture i...
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Essay checklist English Essay Checklist The essay must be based in the given title, with appropriate refrence to it the genre chosen chosen should be adhered to in style content and tone Ideas should reflect a creative and orginal us...
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These notes offer ways into different kinds of writing. CAE Essay: Useful Vocabulary groups words and phrases for discussing problems, while Language Paper introduces descriptive writing and imagery. Writing Techniques brings together ideas for arguing, persuading, describing and narrating.
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