Writing Advanced 1

The article discusses the pros and cons of backpacking as a way to travel. Some positives include saving a significant amount of money compared to other types of travel by staying in hostels, cooking your own food, and relying on public transportation. However, backpacking also has drawbacks like carrying all your belongings, lack of privacy, and unpredictable accommodations. Overall, the article concludes that while backpacking requires sacrificing some comforts, the low costs and opportunities to immerse yourself in local culture make it a worthwhile experience for adventurous travelers.

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Article: Best and worst

things about travelling

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What is an article? Is a piece of paper that normally appears on magazines,

newspapers and blogs online.

Who is the reader? The reader is someone who wants to enjoy reading your
article and wants to learn something from it, so you article has to be
educational and entertained.

What type of language should I use? D

epending on the context and the type
of reader, write informally or formally. Imagine you are writing an article for
a science magazine, in here you need to use some formal language, on the
hand you may use informal language if you are writing for a fashion
magazine.
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What is the structure?

Heading: A title that grabs reader’s attention is important.

Introduction: We need to keep reader’s attention with a catchy sentence or

a question that makes the reader want to know more about the topic. Add
some mystery to the introduction as well.

A main body: Explain the issues or the interesting things about the topic
that you’ve been asked in the task. Remember to use linkers, sequencing
and not so basic vocabulary

Conclusion: Summarise the article, give a piece of your mind and give the
reader something to consider.

Here’s an example:

You have been asked by the editor of your university magazine to write an
article on the following topic:

Today’s television: a load of rubbish or more choice than ever before?

Is today’s television still good value for money?

Is TV about to disappear?

How many times have you watched TV programs this week? And I’m not
talking about Netflix in here, I’m talking about TV channels. Of course I
watch football games that are not available on any streaming platform
yet. So, who says that TV channels will subsist in the long term future?

The first thing to talk is whether the quality of TV programs is worth

watching or not, and in here we have a wide variety of opinions, but the
fact is that, with all the entertainment we have at our disposal these days
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(social media, youtube, streaming platforms, online games, etc) is making

even more difficult for TV channels to be creative with their content, and
assuming their target audience are grown-ups of more than 40 years, that
weren’t born with internet and are very use to watching TV as their only
source of entertainment, is it really going to last long for the next 30
years? What happens when that generation doesn’t exist anymore?

Talking about the content, they haven’t had the social impact they used to
have on people. If you want to know about a product, you trust someone
in YouTube talking about it and you don’t all for advertisements made by
a TV host, that is his job to promote that, and not because he has tried it
before. I can’t say the opinion about the programs, but it is true that
teenagers have a lower focus range than any other generation in the past,
scientists say that brands have only 6 second to grab teenagers attention
and if they can’t do that, these will ignore their advertisements.

I am going to take the risk and say that Television’s days will be over in
less than 30 years, if Channels don’t keep up with the new trends, they’
won’t be able to survive.

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