Band 8 IELTS Essay Sample | News stories on TV and in newspapers are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

Pictorial representation in a

story

along with the text in newspapers or tv media is becoming increasingly common. The main reason behind

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is the

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argument

that pictures are far more effective compared to words. I agree

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argument and will demonstrate the reasons to support

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. A picture speaks a thousand words, if we come across a picture in the newspaper it instantly grabs our attention and

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interest to read more about the

story

develops. A graphic used in putting a

story

across makes

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particular read more gripping.

Moreover

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pictures

helps

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in depicting the

story

much quickly and effectively as it helps in establishing a

connect

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with the article. If a

story

is just

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and has no pictures or visuals associated

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, it is more likely to be missed by the reader.

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could result in

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very important and useful pieces of news.

Although

text

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in a news

story

can give you the detail about the events yet the retention power is increased if a video or

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image related to those events is shown. Even for

kids

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the chances of remembering a topic can increase manyfold if taught or shown with the help of supporting graphics. As most

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teenagers

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these days are not interested in reading long texts or news articles, visual representation helps in increasing awareness about certain topics like politics, current affairs especially in

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age group which is very important. After listing out all the points,

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strongly believe that images or graphics or any form of visual representation can be

extremenly

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extremely

useful in putting the point across or helping the person understand and connect with a certain piece of information.