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Thanks so much for the reply!! but when you said "In reality, examples are often not used or at the end of a sentence" .. are you saying its not done, but it should be? Basically I should just have something along these lines as the overall arrangement: INTRO: topic, and a statement for and against. PARA 1: Introduction sentence into paragraph (whether its for/against); Supporting point 1 + explanation Supporting point 2 + explanation PARA 2: Introduction sentence into paragraph (opposing opinion); Opposing point 1 + explanation CONCLUSION: My opinion; Concluding statements THANKS AGAIN. :)

NO ONE??? ANY ADVICE'S HELPFUL!? ... seriously. :)

Hello. Just searching up some advice on the writing section. I dont know why but I've always had a tough time arranging my thoughts and stuff when I have to write essays in a limited time frame, so I like to stick to rules and specific arrangements when it comes to writing essays. Any advice on that would be greatly appreciated!:D I also need someone to clear these out for me (on task 2 mainly): 1. Should we include our opinion in the introduction... or is it okay to just add our opinion to the concluding paragraph? 2. How in-detail should our examples be. Should we give names and things even if we're unsure of how reliable it is?? Can we partially make something up ... or is it better to remain vague? 3. Do you get penalised for going over the word limit... say if you wrote approx. 350 words? And another thing is, we learnt about TEEL when I was in school- Topic, Example, Explanation, Link. And I was told to stick to that when writing the paragraphs. Is that good advice? ..or is there a better structure to stick to for IELTS. Also, my brother says the 'Link' in TEEL is to link it to the next paragraph.. but I always thought it as the link between the topic and example?? Sorry for the load. But I really need some help, seeing as Im taking the test on the 20th of Aug. :doh: thanks in advance.=)