WRITING

BEFORE WRITING:

• You must brainstorm ideas for your essay and then select the best ones.

THEME ORGANIZATION :

     1.  Introduction: what you are going to write about

     2.  Development: exposition of ideas

     3.  Conclusion: little summary of your ideas or personal opinion.

HOW YOU MUST WRITE:

• Write  paragraphs  with  clear  ideas. These  paragraphs  must  be  easy   to  understand  and  completely   developed.   Keep   your    sentences   short   and   well-punctuated, not  long  and complex. Omit unnecessary words.

• Place  the  main  idea  in  the  first  sentence  of each paragraph.  Develop   this  main  idea with supporting material.

• Use   transitional   words ( first,  yet,  however,   consequently…).  Lead    the   reader  to  the thought of the following paragraph by a final transitional sentence. Open the next paragraph with a transitional word; for example, if you put moreover, you indicate to the reader that you will offer additional supporting evidence for your viewpoint.

• Give coherence to your writing by maintaining a consistent point of view. Unnecessary, sudden and illogical shifts in point of view, that is, in  subject, person,  number,  tense, voice  and  mood, affect sentence and paragraph relationships, thus obscuring meaning. Make the verb agree with the subject.

TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND SENTENCES:

• To indicate ADDITION:  again,  also,  and,  besides,  equally    important,  first,  in  the   second place, secondly, furthermore, in addition, moreover, finally…

• To indicate COMPARISON: in the same way, likewise, similarly…

• To indicate CONCESSION:  although  this  way, at   the  same  time, after  all,  certainly, doubtless, surely, I admit…

• To indicate CONDITION: as if, if, as though, even if …

• To indicate CONSEQUENCES OR RESULT: and  so, after all, at last, as a result, as  a consequence, consequently, finally, in conclusion, so, therefore, thus…

• To indicate CONTRAST:  although  true,  but,  yet   for  all  that,  however,  nevertheless, 

                   on the one hand, on the other hand, whereas…

• To indicate EXAMPLES: especially,  for  example, for  instance, in  general, in  particular,

                   in this way, namely…

• To indicate OPINION: I believe that, I think that, In my opinion… 

• To indicate REASON: because, since, for…

• To indicate REPETITION: and so again, as has been said, in other words, to repeat…

• To indicate REPHRASING: in other words, that is to say…

• To indicate SEQUENCE: firstly, to begin with, secondly, next ,after that, finally in the end, at last...

• To indicate SUMMARY: in  brief, in  short, to  sum  up, to  summarize, in  conclusion, to  conclude…

ESSAY TYPES:

• Biography: key language: sequence linking words to put the ideas in chronological order, adjectives, relative clauses…

• Description: key language: adjectives, adverbs of degree, relative clauses…

• Dialogue: key language: short  questions  and  answers,  expressions  to  show  reactions

                   ( Really?...)

• For and against essay: key language: linking words and phrases to indicate consequence, addition and example, contrast, modal verbs for hypothesis, second conditionals…

• Letter: key language: greetings, endings, linking words to indicate reason for writing...

• Opinion:  key  language:  expressions  for   giving   opinion,   linking   words   to   indicate 

                   result,  cause or purpose...

• Short story: key language: linking words to sequence events, narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous…)

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