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Read the question carefully to make sure you
understand what’s being asked.
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Organize your ideas into a diagram, keeping an
eye on vocabulary and grammar.
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Use a formal style.
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Start with a short but clear introduction.
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Use examples, anecdotes or personal experiences
to support your thesis.
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Try to make a clear, concise, full, creative and
comprehensible presentation.
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Use transitional words and phrases to join ideas
and paragraphs, and make it flow.
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Let your personality show.
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Try to make an impact on the reader.
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Try to keep the reader interested at all times.
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Think in your own language. Don’t use words
adapted from other languages and don’t translate things literally.
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Use a rich vocabulary and include idioms.
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Use advanced grammar: variations of structures,
clauses, subjunctives, correct sequences of verbs. Don’t use words unless
you’re sure they’re correct.
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Make sure your essay has the minimum number of
words that are required.
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Finish your writing by trying to impress the
reader.
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Use the last five minutes to proofread your
essay.
