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The diagram below shows the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below shows the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The picture illustrates the formation of the Monarch butterfly. There are 4 main stages in the life cycle, starting from the egg
stage
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 to the adult
stage
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The first step is
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 to lay eggs on milkweed and during the next 14 days, a larva is hatched and the larval
stage
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 begins. Once the larva has grown into a caterpillar, the feeding process is started. It eats leaves in the milkweed as food. After receiving enough food, an attachment is formed getting a tree branch as a support.
This
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 formation is kept for about 10 days and a chrysalis is created. In order
to begin
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 the pupal
stage
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, chrysalis comes out from the cover as an adult. Following that,
this
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 butterfly migrates to the South taking about 6 months. The final
stage
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It is important to use synonyms in your writing, as you will lose marks if you repeat words from the question and use the same words in your essay over and over. If you do that, it will show the examiner that you have a limited vocabulary and you want to do the opposite for a high band score.

 of the cycle is the adult
stage
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It is important to use synonyms in your writing, as you will lose marks if you repeat words from the question and use the same words in your essay over and over. If you do that, it will show the examiner that you have a limited vocabulary and you want to do the opposite for a high band score.

. For the purpose of finding a mate,
this
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 butterfly moves towards the North. Upon finding a suitable fellow, mating is done and eggs are laid on leaves.

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Introduction: The introduction is missing.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words stage with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 3 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • life cycle
  • Monarch butterfly
  • eggs
  • milkweed plants
  • larvae
  • caterpillars
  • feed
  • chrysalis
  • pupa
  • metamorphosis
  • emerge
  • adult butterfly
  • repeat
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