Some people believe that violence on television and in computer games has a damaging effect on the society. Others deny that these factors have any significant influence on people's behaviour. What is your opinion?

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People
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hold different views on whether or not
violence
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from
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and
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games
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gives
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harmful effects .
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in my personal view, it is believed that
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factor negatively affects
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's behaviour because of two aspects. First of all, there are
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of
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exposure in
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and
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games
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that can be accessed easily by
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. In return
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this
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,
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violence
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in
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and
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, like fighting , abusing , cursing words, etc, and unconsciously imitate those in
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daily lives.
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, nowadays, many students say things harshly to their teachers or older
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because they get used to those rude acts
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.
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,
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violence
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parts from
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and
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are often considered as good things by the audiences. What causes
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violence
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parts
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by the protagonist in those media and get a lot of recognition from
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. The younger generation, who are still not able to differentiate the good and bad parts, will tend to assume all of those acts as positive ones.
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, they are inspired to imitate
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aggressive acts in real life. As an example, many children are obsessed with Superheroes in movies and video
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who destroy the monsters or villains by attacking them, so they duplicate the attacking
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to their siblings or friends. In conclusion, I think
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and
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games
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clearly
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damaging
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a damaging
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impact on society, especially young
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,
due to
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those exposure and imitation factors.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pivotal
  • desensitize
  • catalyst
  • predisposed
  • harmless outlet
  • distinguish
  • controlled environments
  • empirical research
  • minimal or no direct correlation
  • socio-economic status
  • predisposition
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