Title 97 - IELTS ACADEMIC & GENARAL - TASK 2 - HOW TO WRITE AN IELTS ESSAY AT BAND 9 LEVEL.pdf ✅

I NTE R NATIONAL E NG LISH LANG UAG E TESTI NG SYSTE M IELTS ACADEMIC & GENERAL TASK 2 HOW TO WRITE AT A BAND 9 LEVEL
IELTS Academic and General Task 2: How to write at a band 9 level All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form without the explicit permission of its author, Ryan Thomas Higgins. Layout by Daria Lacy Copyright (c) 2015 by Ryan Thomas Higgins
Foreword This book has been written to provide the IELTS student with a brief summary outlining how to write an effective essay in the Task 2 portion of the Academic and General IELTS exams. It is hoped that this book acts as a supplement to the student’s repertoire of IELTS writing resources and not the student’s sole source of guidance for their studies in essay writing. Although valuable, reading up on the subject of IELTS essay writing alone will not ascertain success on the Task 2 portion of the IELTS exam. Students should be actively practicing their essay writing skills on a regular basis with direct coaching from an IELTS instructor. While reading this book, the IELTS student should remember that there is no single ‘correct’ essay format. Examiners award marks to the structural presentation of written language based on its ability to communicate a message, not the employ- ment of a predetermined essay formula. It is for this reason the student needs to think critically about how they respond to their IELTS Task. Tailoring the essay structures taught in this book to fulfill an essay question may be needed. No part of this work may be reproduced or sold in whole or in part, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author, Ryan T. Higgins. Complete copies of this book may be retained electronically only by those who have purchased it from Ryan T. Higgins. For more information on how to obtain a hard or soft copy, please visit ieltswritingblog.com. Academic and General Task 1 books are available, too. This work is the product of many months of hard work, classroom testing, writing, editing and rewriting and is distributed at a low price to allow access to students all over the world on many different budgets. Please don’t bootleg! Ryan T. Higgins ieltswritingblog.com
Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 What is required on the IELTS writing exam? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 What is an essay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 Analyzing Task 2 essay questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4 The thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.1 How to write an introduction paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.2 Coherence and Cohesion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.1 How to write supporting paragraphs......................................... 26 4.1 How to write a conclusion paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4.2 Cohesion at the essay level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.1 How to write a discussion essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 6.1 Writing about advantages and disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 6.2 Writing about causes and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 6.3 Double action questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 7.1 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 8.1 Review what you have learned in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8.1 Review what you have learned in this book (Answers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 About the author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69