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How To Write A Good Article

The document provides guidance on structuring an article and using effective language. It recommends dividing an article into paragraphs for the beginning, middle, and end. The beginning should engage readers with a question or opinion. The middle should state main points related to experiences and opinions. The end should summarize main points and leave readers thinking they learned something. It also offers grammar structures and language for involving readers, justifying opinions, developing points, and making recommendations.

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How To Write A Good Article

The document provides guidance on structuring an article and using effective language. It recommends dividing an article into paragraphs for the beginning, middle, and end. The beginning should engage readers with a question or opinion. The middle should state main points related to experiences and opinions. The end should summarize main points and leave readers thinking they learned something. It also offers grammar structures and language for involving readers, justifying opinions, developing points, and making recommendations.

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Structure of an article: Separate each part into a separate paragraph.

Beginning: Engage the reader and make them want to read more, you can begin with a question or a general opinion
Middle: State your main points and relate them to personal experiences and opinions.
Ending: Summarize your main points but make an overall point to make the reader think they have learned something from
reading the article

Suggested grammar structures:

Impersonal passive: It is said that HBO make the best movies in the world.
Modal verbs: It might be a good idea to take your time.
Conditionals: If I were you, I would watch it at the cinema.
Relative clauses: I know someone who lives in that area.
Wish: I wish I could eat chocolate every day.

Useful language

✓ Involving the reader ✓ Giving your own opinion


▪ Have you ever thought about…? ▪ In my opinion, …
▪ How would you feel if …? ▪ In my eyes, …
▪ What would you think of…? ▪ To my mind, …
▪ Are you one of those people who …? ▪ As far as I am concerned, …
▪ If the answer is …, you should…. ▪ Speaking personally, …
▪ What do you reckon to …? ▪ From my point of view, …
▪ What would live be like if… ▪ I hold the view that …
▪ Just think for a moment… ▪ I would say that …
▪ Just imagine… ▪ It seems to me that …
▪ I have no doubt that …
✓ Try to use extreme adjectives instead of intensifiers ▪ I am sure / I am certain that …
▪ I hold the opinion that …
▪ Very good = awesome, excellent, fantastic ▪ I dare say that …
▪ Very bad = awful, terrible, disturbing ▪ I guess that …
▪ I bet that ….
✓ Making the article lively and interesting (use adverbs) ✓ Justifying opinions
▪ importantly
▪ surprisingly ▪ because…
▪ worryingly ▪ the reason is…
▪ the most amazing ▪ the reason I believe that is…
▪ absolutely ▪ the facts suggest…
▪ amazingly ▪ the evidence shows…
▪ taking into account what I have seen…
✓ Developing your points
▪ Another advantage of … ✓ Making recommendations and suggestions:
▪ On top of all that…
▪ What is more, … ▪ It would be a good idea to…
▪ Above all,,, ▪ Wouldn’t it be better to…?
▪ The reason I think this is… ▪ Why don’t we…?
▪ The reason I feel this way is… ▪ What about… ?
▪ On top of that, … ▪ How about… ?
▪ Let’s start with … ▪ Shouldn’t we… ?
▪ Let’s consider…
▪ Why not… ?

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