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Essay
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- 1What the readers of the essay look for- Good organisation
- good analysis
- reasonable use of the English language - 2Steps when faced with AoAStep1: Read the topic and separate out the conclusion from the premises
Step2: Concentrate on identifying the assumptions; Brainstorm as many as possible / Write them out
Step3: Do the premises actually help to prove the conclusion?
Step4: Choose a template that allows you to attack the assumptions and premises in an organized way
Step5: End of Essay: Take a moment to illustrate how these same assumptions could be used to make the argument more compelling
Step6: Read over the essay and do some editing - 3What are use supposed to use as little as possible?The word I
- 4Template1st P: Restate the argument and say how many flaws it has
2nd P: Point out a flaw and show how it could be plugged up by explicitly stating the missing assumption
3rd P: 2 Flaw -> Plug up!
4th P: 3 Flaw -> Plug up!
5th P: Summarize and conclude that because of these three flaws, the argument is weak - 5SW: examples / IllustrationsFor example
to illustrate
for instance
because - 6SW: another example or argumentFurthermore
in addition
similarly
just as
also
moreover - 7SW: the next thing is going to be important, special, or suprisingsurely
truly
undoubtedly
clearly
certainly
indeed
as a matter of fact
in fact
most important - 8SW: Reach a conclusionTherefore
in summary
consequently
hence
in conclusion
in short - 9AoD: Trigger wordsbut
on the contrary
yet
despite
rather
instead
however
although
while
in spite of
nevertheless - 10AoD: introduce a view that you are going to decide againstadmittedly
certainly
obviously
undoubtedly
one cannot deny that
true
granted
of course
to be sure
it could be argued that - 11AoD: yin-yang wordson the one hand / on the other hand
the traditional view / the new view
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- GMAT FlashCards sobre Essay, criado por Simon Jakob em 21-01-2017.
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- Simon Jakob
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