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A favourite possession

 A favourite possession My grandfather loved flowers and he knew I did too. Sometimes, when he had to come to my house to look after me, we used to walk around a park near my house to pick up some flowers.  I did not really have a favourite flower, not until I discovered which was his. Yellow roses, those were the ones he liked the most because yellow is the colour of friendship and happiness.  Now that he is dead, I keep a yellow rose in my room and I look after it just like he looked after me.

Practice 16: Cohesion and style

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 Cohesion and style 6D Practice Nylon is a strong but fine synthetic fibre used to make toothpaste, stockings, parachutes, etc. It was invented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers, a chemistry student who specialized in polymers (molecules composed of large chains of atoms), however, it was not until 1939 when it started to get mass-produced by Dupont Corporation (USA) Carothers', which director of research is Mr Wallace. 4.1 Fast food At present, fast food is growing in popularity. This type of cuisine is popular because people can buy it ready to eat or cook quickly. However, there are advantages and drawbacks of fast food. Above all, fast food is very convenient. Most of the people who work in offices are too busy to make their own lunch. But they can eat in restaurants such as McDonald's, which are franchised in hundreds of countries. In addition, the second benefit of fast food is its cheapness. As it is produced in large quantities, this high volume means that the companies c...

A story from your childhood

 A story from your childhood I don't remember much, the trauma doesn't allow me to, but from time to time I have gaps, nightmares even.  When I was about twelve or thirteen, I don't remember well (or I prefer not to), I started talking to an older man. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and said he was about twenty, although maybe that was a lie, I don't know and I don't want to. He said nice things to me, things we all want to hear ''You are very beautiful'', ''You are very mature for your age'', ''You are one of the most intelligent people I know''. But I was just a child and I didn't know I was being used. At that time I didn't live with my parents, but with my grandparents, who are not known for being overly affectionate. I also didn't have many friends or anyone to help me realise what a terrible situation it was. So the lack of parental figures and affection made me easy prey.  Soon I was in his cla...

A belief you have or used to have

 A belief you have or used to have I have never believed in God, or astrology, or anything to do with superstition or myths. However, when my grandfather died on my mother's side, I began to notice his presence around me even though he was already gone.  Of course, I can't see him, but still, in the moments when I need help the most, in the nights when I cry, etc. I can feel my grandfather is there for me, by my side, encouraging me to go on. 

A movie star or singer you like

 A movie star or singer you like Marilyn Monroe is a feminist icon born on the 1st of July of 1926. Her father abandoned her mother before she was even born, meaning that her mother could not look after her and she had to stay in her neighbour's house. From there, she went to an orphanage and started a period of going back and forth from orphanages to family members or neighbours' houses.  Eventually, when she was 16 she married James Dougherty in order to stay away from orphanages. Although she did not love him, he respected her and supported her career as a model.  However, when Marilyn was asked to start a career in music and movies he refused and she decided it would be the best for both of them if they divorced.  She had two other husbands, Joe Dimaggio, who abused her, and Arthur Miller, who started a film production company with her. She got a divorce from both of them because she felt that being a married woman required time she did not have and preferred ded...

Smoking in public places

 Smoking in public places I hate tobacco, I detest it, but if anything I hate people who smoke it even more. Both my grandparents died of lung cancer, one at 73 and the other at 64, both too young to die, and all because they smoked constantly. If in itself I find it selfish to smoke, because you leave many people without a loved one at a young age, I find it even more selfish to smoke in public places. Especially because in public areas you smoke around other people, not only endangering yourself but also children, elderly people, etc. Of course, smoking in public places is, from my point of view, disrespectful to the people around you and those you care about. Besides the fact that it is obviously a lack of responsibility to get sick from a vice.

The best car you own

The best car you own My husband was an asshole, a complete asshole. So when we divorced I became the happiest woman in the world, and Marilyn said that, didn't she? Diamonds are a girl's best friend.  I took everything with me: the jewellery he had given me, the house in the Bahamas, the mansion, the dogs? And what hurt him the most, his car.  It's a Tesla and he seemed to love it more than me. In fact, my husband wasn't born rich, he became rich by stealing money from a foundation to raise money for research into a disease our son was suffering from. Suffered from, because the pig didn't give a single cent for our child. Instead, the first thing he did when he got some money was to buy that damn car.  He was wrong if he thought I was going to keep quiet, now that I have half of his estate I'm driving  -empowered - in my precious Tesla on my way to a news station. They'll know what you did, and you'll go to hell for it.

Practice 15: Funnel & descriptive leads

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 Funnel and descriptive lead School days, for some they are a time of innocence and joy, for others, a time of stress and suffering. But why is it that people think differently about them? Perhaps it is because of stress, some may be more stressed after school days while others had a hard time during them. That is because of the amount of time teenagers spend studying, attending classes and sending in homework. Due to all the stress teenagers face, making school longer would only bring more stress, more mental health problems and less academic success. Now it is your turn to write a descriptive lead. Use the essay prompt to guide you. Remember that your lead does not need to be more than three to five sentences.  Essay Prompt: If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Brainstorm:  Cottage, Ireland, society, stress, calm, nature, lakes, mountains. Suffering from anxiety affects many aspects of my life, I always feel like I have many ...

Your favourite food

 Your favourite food I love to eat and try new things: different cuisines, spices of all kinds... But if I had to choose just one food as my favourite, it would be cake.  There are many different concepts of what a cake is, some say it's a sponge cake covered in frosting while others say that a cake is any large layered sweet. However, the type of cake I like are those idealised and perfect cakes that come to mind when you think of the famous Marie Antoinette phrase ''Let them eat cake'', I don't care so much about the taste, they are always delicious. Usually, when someone talks about their favourite food they say nice things such as ''My grandmother used to bake me this recipe when I was little'' or ''It brings back memories of a trip''. And although it is true that my mother and I have a tradition of going for cake every time one of us has to go to the dentist or the doctor, this is not the case for me. I just like cake, so muc...

Practice 14: My first essay

My first essay Nowadays, books and movies are becoming more critical of society, bringing real-life controversial topics to the big screen. Recently, a thriller about an armed theft in a gas station was published and it quickly became very controversial. The thing is it critiqued the US for having laws in favour of gun ownership, which clearly made those who support it mad. What is clear is that gun ownership has increased society’s brutality, bringing horrible situations in which children are killed in school shootings, suicide rates have gone up and there are more criminals. A school shooting is an event in which a teenager or a professor commits mass   murder  in an educational institution, allowing gun ownership enhances the chances of this happening. Traditionally, school shootings occur when a person, especially teenagers, in a school have been bullied or marginalized to the point they want revenge and stop caring about consequences.  According to the statistics, th...

Discrimination

 Discrimination I could give thousands of reasons why Spain can be considered a country with an ultra-right majority, but the main one of all, of course, is discrimination. In Spain, we give the false illusion of being an open, advanced country. We repeat to ourselves ''Here we don't discriminate anyone'' and we believe the false statement that politicians repeat with a smile ''Spain is a culturally progressive country, there is no discrimination''. Maybe we do it because most of us are no longer affected by it, maybe we do it out of lack of empathy, but if one thing is clear, all these claims are false. It seems that, when a society no longer discriminates, or at least not as much as in other countries, against larger minorities, discrimination disappears. But how many times have you heard that the Romani are a plague? How many times have you heard that all Muslims are terrorists and should go to their own countries? It is in these cases that societ...

Your first day in the United States

 Your first day in the United States Pain, she only felt pain. Her own family had condemned her, she could not escape, she would die in that horrible place. It was only her first day in the United States, but she knew that soon she would not be able to tell how many days had passed. Lucia was a child, barely 14 years old, her family and she had crossed the wall from Mexico into the United States and now, she was the only one in her family who had not been shot between the eyes. Maybe it wasn't so bad, now that her parents had died at the border, even if she escaped, she had nowhere to go. No, they would only hurt her more there, it had only been nine hours and the small and now weak girl was only looking for a way to end her life. Lucia was not a stranger, nor a freak, she was just a child, but soon the trauma and torture would destroy what was left of her sanity. It wasn't her fault, she knew that, but how do you explain it to a policeman who gags you every time you try to tal...

Practice 13: Writing an outline

 Writing an outline I. Thesis statement: Gun ownership has increased society’s brutality, bringing horrible situations in which children are killed in school shootings, suicide rates have gone up and there are more criminals. II. School shootings     A. Explanation: A School shooting is an event in which a teenager or a professor commits mass                      murder  in an educational institution such as schools, universities etc.          1. How does it happen          2. The US     B. Statistics: According to many studies, school shootings are more likely to happen in those                     countries in which gun ownership is legal.          1. Number of school shootings in countries that favour gun ownership          2. Number of school...

Your last day in your country

 Your last day in your country Loneliness is not as bad as it is painted, of course, it can sometimes be a little sad, distressing and painful, but what does it matter when the world is so unjust and cruel to a poor soul in pain like Napoleon's?  Perhaps it was witchcraft, someone who had sworn vengeance on him and would not rest until he was beside them among the dead. But that theory was just plain stupid, being exiled from his own country was enough of a punishment. "Karma" thought the strategist.  This was punishment for all the atrocities he had committed. His children, his brothers, his friends, his enemies? They had all suffered for him and now he was paying for it. The wounds he had left on them had become scars that decorated Napoleon's cold skin and his every tear was now a hard arrow going through his heart. "Repentance" echoed in his head. Yes, that was the way to the purification of his soul and the only way he could be happy again, that was why...

Shopping

 Shopping  Consumerism, a disease that affects almost the entire population of the first world and yet nobody talks about it.  It all started with the beginning of the industrial revolution. The peasantry and workers could finally afford to buy goods, and while sales of handicrafts plummeted, the market experienced a huge rise; for the first time, goods were affordable. However, in the shadows, there was another factor that was to affect society permanently, the decline in the quality of goods due to mass production. Suddenly, a spoon would rust in a matter of days and "wooden" furniture would no longer be damaged by water.  In this way, companies created a much greater need, the mass purchase of cheap but poor quality goods. In developed countries we became shopping-hungry monsters, and what was once a necessity became a disease. This is how humanity became infected by consumerism, by shopping for the sake of it; how society became a consumerist monster.

Practice 12: Writing thesis statements

 Writing thesis statements Government surveillance (Pro) 1.  Helps to deal with car accidents 2.  Helps to investigate serious cases 3.  Helps to prevent terrorist attacks thanks to expression sensors Thesis: Government surveillance is needed in today’s society in matters such as dealing with car accidents, investigating serious cases and preventing terrorist attacks. Gun ownership (Con) 1.  School shootings 2.  Suicide rates 3.  Armed thefts Thesis: Gun ownership has increased society’s brutality, bringing horrible situations in which children are killed in school shootings, suicide rates have gone up and armed thefts are more common. Globalization (Pro) 1.  Lowers the number of cases of racism 2.  Major technology advances 3.  Multiculturalism  Thesis: Globalization has more advantages than disadvantages, as it decreases the number of cases of racism, enhances technology advances and popularizes different cultures. Changing your n...

A good friend

 A good friend A good friend of mine is Patricia, a girl of my hometown I've known since we were practically born. She has the purest and most innocent intentions and always worries about how everyone else is feeling. Patricia always listens to my hopes and feelings ande never fails to support me when I need her the most. Lately, she has been feeling a little bit down, so her sister asked me to look after her. Now, we meet every saturday and I check up on her every morning.

The right age to get married

 The right age to get married The right age to get married is constantly being changed due to the evolution of society’s morality and in today’s era. However, is it really necessary to get married? Nowadays, there’s been a decrease in married couples due to people losing interest in religion and women inclusion in work and educational spaces. However, the previous issues haven’t changed the fact that people are still getting involved in romantic relationships. Perhaps, this shows that it is not necessary to get married in order to fall in love and stay loyal to your couple. Nevertheless, if someone still finds getting married necessary the right age would definitely be from 27 to 46. The main reason for that age range is due to the fact that when a person is less than 27, they are still too immature  to get married or to decide whether the person they are dating is willing to support them despite every hard situation. On the other hand, when a person is older than 46 and they ...