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    This document provides guidance on how to structure an essay. It recommends including an introduction with your opinion and main points, a body with three points supported by reasons and examples, and a conclusion. It also offers suggestions for linking words, phrases to sound less definite, and ways to introduce opinions and reasons. The sample essay discusses whether people depend too much on technology nowadays for communication, education, and entertainment. While technology benefits these areas, overdependence on it could damage real-world social and thinking skills. Moderation in technology use is important.

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure an essay. It recommends including an introduction with your opinion and main points, a body with three points supported by reasons and examples, and a conclusion. It also offers suggestions for linking words, phrases to sound less definite, and ways to introduce opinions and reasons. The sample essay discusses whether people depend too much on technology nowadays for communication, education, and entertainment. While technology benefits these areas, overdependence on it could damage real-world social and thinking skills. Moderation in technology use is important.

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure an essay. It recommends including an introduction with your opinion and main points, a body with three points supported by reasons and examples, and a conclusion. It also offers suggestions for linking words, phrases to sound less definite, and ways to introduce opinions and reasons. The sample essay discusses whether people depend too much on technology nowadays for communication, education, and entertainment. While technology benefits these areas, overdependence on it could damage real-world social and thinking skills. Moderation in technology use is important.

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    This document provides guidance on how to structure an essay. It recommends including an introduction with your opinion and main points, a body with three points supported by reasons and examples, and a conclusion. It also offers suggestions for linking words, phrases to sound less definite, and ways to introduce opinions and reasons. The sample essay discusses whether people depend too much on technology nowadays for communication, education, and entertainment. While technology benefits these areas, overdependence on it could damage real-world social and thinking skills. Moderation in technology use is important.

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    Semi-formal

    How to write an ESSAY


    style

    Structure
    • Introduction: Introduce your essay and state your opinion
    • First point
    Do people depend too
    • State the idea
    much on technology
    • Give a reason, explanation or examples
    • Come to a conclusion nowadays?
    • Second point Notes
    • State the idea Write about:
    • Give a reason, explanation or examples • Communicating

    • Come to a conclusion • Education


    • Third point (your own idea) • ________(your own
    • State the idea idea)
    • Give a reason, explanation or examples 140-190 words
    • Come to a conclusion
    • Conclusion

    Linkers 

    • However • First, Firstly, First of all
    • Even though • Second, Secondly
    • Despite • Third, Thirdly
    • Although • Additionally, In addition
    • On the other hand • Moreover, Furthermore
    • While • Similarly

    • Whereas

    Sound less definite Adjectives


    • Adverbs of frequency: often • Appropriate
    • Adverbs of certainty: probably • Essential
    • Modal verbs: may • Particular
    • Phrases: be likely to, tend to • Practical
    • Relevant 


    1
    Introduce 

    • Opinion: • Due to the fact that
    • From my perspective • Since
    • I would argue that • As
    • It seems to me • This is why
    • In my view • Therefore
    • In my opinion • Consequently
    • I agree/disagree with • Effect:
    • The question of • As a consequence
    • Personally • As a result
    • To my mind • Result in
    • Some people claim that • Lead to
    • It is often said that • Conclusion:
    • Example: • To sum up
    • For instance • To summarise
    • For example • In summary
    • Such as • To conclude
    • Like • In conclusion
    • Reason: • As has been illustrated in this
    • This is because essay

    • Because (of) Reported speech
    Relative clauses
    Nowadays nearly every aspect of life is affected by technology. Computers are used
    Passive
    for communication, teaching and entertainment; but do we depend on them too
    much? Conditionals
    Modals
    Some people are afraid that if people spend all their time talking to others on their Used to, would, be/get
    computers, they become unable to make real relationships. They live through
    computers or mobile phones and feel uncomfortable if they are not online. Such used to
    people are clearly too dependent on technology, although easy communication has Present perfect
    advantages in the business world.

    Education has benefited from technology as students can find all the information they need in seconds
    without needing to spend time going through books. However, if students lose the ability to think for
    themselves, this is not a good thing.

    It is very easy to find entertainment through technology, and it is also used in film-making. We all expect to
    see special effects in films nowadays and these are produced by technology. Are these films really better
    than the films of the past, though?

    In my opinion, we have to accept the need for technology nowadays, but we should be aware of the dangers
    of becoming too dependent on it.

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