WRITING AN ESSAY FOR THE FCE

STEP-BY-STEP
STEP 1 = ANALYSE THE TASK AND ANSWER THE QUESTION ASKED.
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STEP 2 = ADD YOUR OWN IDEA.

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STEP 3 = WRITE YOUR THESIS.

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ATTENTION!
The thesis statement is the sentence that states the main idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas
within the paper. It is not merely a topic. It often reflects an opinion or judgment that a writer has made about a reading
or personal experience.

A topic sentence is a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs.
STEP 4 = PLAN YOUR ESSAY.

STEP 5 = WRITE YOUR GENERAL COMMENTS.

- GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT COMMUNICATION

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- GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT EDUCATION

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- GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT YOUR OWN IDEA

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STEP 6 = WRITE YOUR HOOK.

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STEP 7 = WRITE YOUR INTRODUCTION
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STEP 8 = DEVELOP YOUR ESSAY. USE THE SAME ORDER OF IDEAS AS GIVEN BY THE EXAM. USE ONE PARAGRAPHA
FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT ARGUMENT IN YOUR OPINION AND ANOTHER ONE FOR THE OTHER TWO. USE A VARIETY
OF CONNECTIVES.
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STEP 9 = WRITE YOUR CONCLUSION. START BY ANSWERING THE QUESTION IN THE TASK, SUMMARISE ALL YOUR
IDEAS AND FINISH IT BY PARAPHRASING THE THESIS STATEMENT.
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STEP 10 = PROOF READ IT. LOOK FOR GRAMMATICAL AND MISTAKES. COUNT, ONE-BY-ONE, THE NUMBER OF WORDS
USED. REMEMBER CONTRACTIONS COUNT AS TWO. FINALLY, PROOF READ IT FOR COHERENCE AND COHESION.

Coherence means the connection of ideas at the idea level, and cohesion means the connection of ideas at the
sentence level. ... The cohesion of writing focuses on the grammatical aspects of writing