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Reiteration is a form of lexical cohesion which involves the repetition of a lexical item, at one end of scale; the use of general word to refer back to lexical item, at the other

Reiteration is a form of lexical cohesion which involves the repetition of a lexical
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 end of scale; the use of general
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 to refer back to lexical
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, at the other end of scale; and a number of things in between – the use of a synonym or near-synonym, super-ordinate (Halliday and Hasan, 1976: 278). The categories of reiteration are: repetition (
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 refers back to another, to which it is related by having a common referent); synonym or near synonym (lexical cohesion results from the choice of a lexical
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that is
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 in the some sense synonymous with a preceding
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, which has general properties, not the specific
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 (ther kinds of
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 creature for animal (sometimes
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 for people); person and people for humans; and for concrete count nouns).

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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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