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Essay Structure (CAE Writing, Part 1)

This document provides guidance on essay structure for the CAE Writing exam. It recommends that essays have 4 paragraphs: 1) an introduction stating the theme and optional pros/cons, 2) the first point and explanation, 3) the second point and explanation, 4) a conclusion stating which point is more important and the reason why. The introduction should be 2-3 sentences answering how the phenomenon appeared and its relevance today. Each body paragraph states and explains a point. The conclusion selects one point and gives a new argument for its importance.

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Essay Structure (CAE Writing, Part 1)

This document provides guidance on essay structure for the CAE Writing exam. It recommends that essays have 4 paragraphs: 1) an introduction stating the theme and optional pros/cons, 2) the first point and explanation, 3) the second point and explanation, 4) a conclusion stating which point is more important and the reason why. The introduction should be 2-3 sentences answering how the phenomenon appeared and its relevance today. Each body paragraph states and explains a point. The conclusion selects one point and gives a new argument for its importance.

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Essay structure (CAE Writing, Part 1)

1. Introduction
What is required:
1) stating the theme of the essay (at least 2 sentences, but it is recom-
mended that the introduction consists of no more than 3 sentences;
as for the content, try answering these questions in your introduct-
ory sentences:
o ‘How did this phenomenon/pattern (tendency)/problem ap-
pear?’
o ‘How is it relevant* nowadays?’
o ‘What are some of the attitudes to this issue? What do
people think? What do most people think?’).
2) listing some advantages (= benefits, pros, good points)/disadvant-
ages (= drawbacks, cons, bad points) – optional.
Note: if you are to write about the positive sides of the issue
and wrote about some of its drawbacks in the second sentence
of the introduction (or the reverse), the third sentence of the in-
troduction/the first sentence of the second paragraph needs to
make clear what the essay is going to be about (‘However/Nev-
ertheless, there are many reasons why working from home may
be extremely beneficial for both employers and employees/may
present a significant problem for both employers and employ-
ees’).
2. The first point
What is required:
1) stating the point;
2) commenting on it = explaining it = giving an example (answer-
ing the questions ‘Why is this point given here in the first place,
how exactly is this relevant to the issue in question? What is the
reason why this is important?’).
3. The second point
What is required: just the same as with the first point!
4. Conclusion
What is required:
1) saying which of the two points you like more (find more im-
portant/beneficial/dangerous/difficult etc.);
2) explaining why (be careful not to repeat yourself in terms of
vocabulary, a new argument is required (one you didn’t men-
tion when commenting on the point in one of the previous para-

* to be relevant to smth – иметь отношение к ч/л, быть связанным с ч/л:


How is it relevant to the topic of our discussion?
graphs; note: one is enough), or you can paraphrase the
already given/one of the already given argument(s), restate
it in a new way).

Thus, there must be at least four paragraphs in the essay.

* to be relevant to smth – иметь отношение к ч/л, быть связанным с ч/л:


How is it relevant to the topic of our discussion?

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