Capital Punishment and Controlling Violent Crime

Without capital punishment (the death penalty), our lives are less secure, and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment is essential to control violence in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Essay ideas: Capital Punishment and Controlling Violent Crime

WhyThis is anOpinion essay — it asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement.

SoWe split the ideas intoReasons to agree(supports the statement)andReasons to disagree(argues against it).

Reasons to agree

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Reasons to disagree

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Response 01
Estimated band5.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response takes a clear position in favour of capital punishment and supports it with some relevant references, such as well-known Indian criminal cases. However, the argument is repetitive and loosely organised, and persistent spelling, grammar, and mechanical errors frequently distract from the message.

TR

Task Response

The response presents a clear overall position that capital punishment is essential and gives some relevant supporting examples, but the argument is only partially developed, repetitive, and at points unclear about how examples support the claim.

5.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

There is a discernible progression across paragraphs with some linking devices, but cohesion is often mechanical or faulty, and ideas recur without clear logical expansion between sentences.

5.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for the topic but limited in range, with repeated simple wording and frequent spelling errors such as 'controle', 'deffinetly', and 'penality' that reduce precision.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Basic sentence forms are attempted but frequently faulty, with errors in subject-verb agreement, articles, tense, and clause structure that sometimes strain the reader although the main meaning is generally recoverable.

5.0

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Revise the essay thoroughly for spelling and basic grammar accuracy, and reorganise ideas so each paragraph develops one clearly linked supporting point.

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