When you plan an IELTS essay what are you trying to achieve? Some people stop at the idea of thinking of ideas, for them that’s enough. I’m going to suggest you should be doing a little more: namely thinking about how your ideas fit together so that you writing becomes more coherent. One tool to help you think about this is this week’s recommended website is Essay Map. It not only helps you structure an essay, it can also how write more coherent paragraphs.
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An exercise
If you want an exercise, I suggest this. Take an IELTS essays you have already written and see if its structure fits the program. if it doesn’t, you need to think again about how you structure an essay.
- Look at your introduction: are there main ideas there relating to the question?
- Look at your main body paragraphs: can you find the main ideas and supporting details
- Look at your conclusion: does it summarise main ideas? Does it link back to your topic paragraphs? Does it inform the reader?
Other resources
You may also be interested to look at and download this essay outline and think about the questions I ask on it. It’s purpose is to show you how an essay fits together.
IELTS Essay Outline IELTS Essay Outline Dominic Cole
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