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Tute 07 - Process Diagrams

The document outlines the steps for writing a high-scoring IELTS process diagram essay, including analyzing the question, identifying main features, and structuring the essay into four paragraphs. It emphasizes the importance of selecting key features from the diagram and provides a practice question related to generating electricity from wave power. The document also details how to write an introduction, overview, and detailed paragraphs about the process.

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Tute 07 - Process Diagrams

The document outlines the steps for writing a high-scoring IELTS process diagram essay, including analyzing the question, identifying main features, and structuring the essay into four paragraphs. It emphasizes the importance of selecting key features from the diagram and provides a practice question related to generating electricity from wave power. The document also details how to write an introduction, overview, and detailed paragraphs about the process.

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IELTS Process Diagram

An IELTS process diagram question can contain a wide variety of


different types of graphics. It could be a natural process such as the
water cycle, a manufacturing process or a diagram of a system.

Using these 5 steps will help you to write a high-scoring process


diagram essay:

1) Analyse the question

2) Identify the main features

3) Write an introduction

4) Write an overview

5) Write the details paragraphs

Ideally, your essay should have 4 paragraphs:

Paragraph 1 – Introduction

Paragraph 2 – Overview

Paragraph 3 – 1st main feature

Paragraph 4 – 2nd main feature

We now have everything we need to begin planning and writing our


IELTS process diagram essay.

Here’s our practice question:

The diagrams below show a structure that is used to generate


electricity from wave power.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Generating Electricity From The Sea

Step 1 – Analyse the question

The format of every Academic Task 1 question is the same, with the
instruction sentence (highlighted below) identical in every question.
Here is our practice question again.

The diagrams below show a structure that is used to generate


electricity from wave power.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main


features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Every question consists of:

 Sentence 1 – A brief description of the graphic

 Sentence 2 – The instructions

 The graphic – diagram, chart, graph, table, etc.

Sentence 2 tells you what you have to do.

You must do 3 things:

1. Select the main features.


2. Write about the main features.
3. Compare the main features.

All three tasks refer to the ‘main features’ of the graphic. You do
not have to write about everything. Just pick out 2 or 3 key features
and you’ll have plenty to write about.

Step 2 – Identify the Main Features

The graphic in IELTS process diagram questions should not be


difficult to understand. There are not usually any numbers to analyse
as in other types of question, just a diagram to interpret or, as in our
practice question, two diagrams which each show part of the
process.

All you are looking for are the main features. These should be the
easiest things to spot. There will be lots of information in the graphic
to help you identify them, especially, titles, labels and captions.

Here are some useful questions to ask?


1) Is it a linear or a cyclical process?

A linear process starts and finishes at different places. It will often


involve the manufacture or creation of something, starting with the
raw materials going in at one end and the finished product coming
out the other end. An example of this can be seen in this diagram
from a past IELTS process diagram question about the manufacture
of bricks.

Linear process

A cyclical process, on the other hand, is a process that goes back to


the beginning and repeats over and over again, such as the life cycle
of a frog or a butterfly.
Cyclical process

2) Where does the process start and end?

For a linear process this will usually be obvious. It may be harder to


determine for a cyclical process so it’s important that you examine
the graphic carefully to find out.

3) How many steps are there to the process?

If there are a lot, it can be helpful to number them from 1 to


whatever number the final stage is.

4) Can the process be easily broken down into stages?

In the brick-making graphic, for example, there are three stages:

a) Creating the bricks from clay

b) Manufacturing the finished product by drying and firing

c) Packaging and delivery


In the life cycle graphic above, there are also three distinct stages as
the frog passes through different stages of development – egg,
juvenile, adult.

5) What are the raw materials? What is produced at the end of the
process?

These questions obviously apply only to manufacturing processes.

For other types of process, it might be more appropriate to ask the


following question.

6) What is the end result of the process?

This question is relevant for our practice IELTS process diagram


question which shows a process that creates something using a
particular structure. The end result is the production of electricity.

So, what main features stand out in our practice graphic? Here it is
again.
Generating Electricity From The Sea

This graphic doesn’t contain very much detail. There are only two
stages to the process:

Stage 1: Electricity is generated as the wave flows into the structure


(Diagram A).

Stage 2: Electricity is also created as the receding wave draws air


back down the column (Diagram B).

Other diagrams are more complex and you have to go through them
stage by stage to work out what’s happening and then pick out just 2
or 3 main feature to write about.
The key features you select will be the starting point for your essay.
You will then go on to add more detail later. However, with just 20
minutes allowed for Task 1, and a requirement of only 150 words,
you won't be able to include many details.

We’re now ready to begin writing our essay. Here’s a reminder of the
4 part structure we’re going to use.

Paragraph 1 – Introduction

Paragraph 2 – Overview

Paragraph 3 – 1st main feature

Paragraph 4 – 2nd main feature

Step 3 – Write an Introduction


In the introduction, you should simply paraphrase the question, that
is, say the same thing in a different way. You can do this by using
synonyms and changing the sentence structure. For example:

Question:

The diagrams below show a structure that is used to generate


electricity from wave power.

Introduction (Paragraph 1):

The two diagrams illustrate a method of creating electricity from


the force of waves using a specifically designed man-made
construction.

This is all you need to do for the introduction.


Step 4 – Write an Overview (Paragraph 2)

In the second paragraph, you should give a general description of the


diagram/s or process. The detail comes later in the essay.

State the information simply using synonyms where possible. No


elaborate vocabulary or grammar structures are required, just the
appropriate words and correct verb tenses.

For example:

Overview (Paragraph 2):

The structure, consisting of a wave chamber and a tall column


containing a turbine, is erected on a steeply sloping coastal cliff or
sea wall where it is subject to the movement of the ocean waves.

Step 5 – Write the 1st Detail Paragraph

Paragraphs 3 and 4 of your IELTS process diagram essay are where


you include more detailed information. In paragraph 3, you should
explain the first key feature in more detail.

For this question, we will expand on the first stage of the process.
Here it is again:

Stage 1: Electricity is generated as the wave flows into the structure


(Diagram A).

And this is an example of what you could write:


Paragraph 3:

The first diagram shows how the incoming wave fills a large
chamber and forces the air inside this space up the column and
through the turbine. The pressure of the air rotates the turbine
which generates a current of electricity. The process does not end
there for the structure is able to continue producing power as the
sea recedes as can be seen in the second diagram.

Step 6 – Write the 2nd Detail Paragraph

For the fourth and final paragraph, you do the same thing for your
remaining key features or, for this question, the second stage of the
process.

Here it is again:

Stage 2: Electricity is also created as the receding wave draws air


back down the column (Diagram B).

Here’s an example of what you could write:

Paragraph 4:

As the water now flows away from the structure, it draws air back
down the column and downwards through the turbine in the same
direction as the previous upward flow of air. The turbine continues
to turn thus generating even more electricity.

Here are the four paragraphs brought together to create our finished
essay.
IELTS Process Diagram Essay

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