This is a very easy thing to do but it can have an enormous effect on
the clarity of your writing and it directly affects your mark in the
section on Coherence and Cohesion. I have said this for Task 1 but for
Task 2 it's is even more important. In Task 2 you will be writing more
and it is therefore more important to divide your writing up into
divisions to make it easier to read.
Very often people use no paragraphing and the examiner is faced with a
"sea" of writing with no breaks from start to finish. For me, the best
writings are those where there are paragraphs separated by an empty line
and also indented. In this way your ideas are separated clearly. It
shows and gives organization to your writing and makes it more readable.
For Task 2, have a paragraph break after your introduction, and then
for every differing section of your separate ideas with the supporting
evidence. Then have a final paragraph for your conclusion. You should
aim to have 3 or 4 paragraphs plus the introduction and conclusion.
Look at this section on paragraphing. It is divided into 5 separate
paragraphs dividing the 5 different areas that I want to present to you,
the reader. The 5 areas are:
- Paragraph 1 Why paragraphing is important for Task 2.
- Paragraph 2 How to divide your paragraphing.
- Paragraph 3 Where your paragraph divisions should occur.
- Paragraph 4 The division of paragraphs in this section.
- Paragraph 5 Explaining the comparison with this section and the one below to show how paragraphing can work.
Below I will repeat paragraphs 1 - 4 of this section on paragraphing
but I am going to remove all the paragraphs and line breaks and make it a
"sea of writing" as I said can happen above. I hope you feel that this
section is easier to understand than the one below!! (By the way, I
haven't used line breaks through this entire tutorial as there would be
too many and it would be too confusing).
Paragraphing (bad example section)
This is a very easy thing to do but it can have an enormous effect on
the clarity of your writing. I have said this for Task 1 but for Task 2
it's is even more important. In Task 2 you will be writing more and it
is therefore more important to divide your writing up into divisions to
make it easier to read. Very often people use no paragraphing and the
examiner is faced with a "sea" of writing with no breaks from start to
finish. For me, the best writings are those where there are paragraphs
separated by an empty line and also indented. In this way your ideas are
separated clearly. It shows and gives organization to your writing and
makes it more readable. For Task 2, have a paragraph break after your
introduction, and then for every differing section of your separate
ideas with the evidence. Then have a final paragraph for your
conclusion. You should aim to have 3 or 4 paragraphs plus the
introduction and conclusion. Look at this section on paragraphing. It is
divided into 4 separate paragraphs dividing the 4 different areas that I
want to present to you the reader. The 4 areas are: Paragraph 1: Why
paragraphing is important for task 2: Paragraph 2: How to divide your
paragraphing. Paragraph 3: Where your paragraph divisions should occur.
Paragraph 4: An example to show you how paragraphing works.
I hope you feel that the first section was easier to understand than this second one!!
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