Introduction and tips (Writing articles)

• ANSWER THE QUESTION
• PLAN your article.
• Give your article a title.
• Make sure you have at least 4 paragraphs.
• Ask rhetorical questions to get your readers' attention. Eg. What would the world be like without oil? What will life be like in 20 years time?
• Speak directly to your readers. Eg. Let's just imagine some of the possibilities.
• Give examples where appropriate.
• Use humour where appropriate
• Give a conclusion and summary in the last paragraph.
• Finally, give your opinion where appropriate.
• REVISE your article to correct mistakes. 

Useful phrases (Writing articles) 

Rhetorical phrases:

• Have you ever ........?
• What do you think about ........? 
• Are you one of those people who thinks that ......?
• Are you one of those people who .......?
• What would life be like if ......?
• Will the future bring us ..... ? 

• Firstly
• In the first place
• First of all
• The first thing to consider is
• One thing to consider is
• To begin with 

• Secondly
• Another consideration
• Yet another consideration
• Another thing to consider is
• Added to that
• Apart from that
• In addition to this
  

• In conclusion
• To conclude
• To sum up
• So 

• I think
• In my opinion
• Personally I believe that
• In my view
• If you ask me
• To my mind
• My personal opinion is