International Sports Events and Global Tension

Popular events like the football world cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Essay ideas: International Sports Events and Global Tension

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

4 ideas

Reasons to disagree

3 ideas

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Response 01

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Essay · 374 words · 4 paragraphs · 19 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response attempts an ambitious, formally structured argument with relevant examples such as the post-war Olympics, which shows genuine engagement with the topic. However, ideas are frequently obscured by misused vocabulary and garbled phrasing, making the development of main points hard to follow.

TR

Task Response

The position of broad agreement is stated and supported with two relevant main ideas and examples, but the argument is only partially expressed because many points are too unclear or distorted to be fully developed.

5.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

A conventional paragraph structure with introductory and concluding framing is present, yet cohesion is largely mechanical and progression breaks down where meaning becomes unclear within body paragraphs.

5.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is an evident attempt at less common vocabulary such as 'de-escalate' and 'paramount', but frequent misselection and misuse, including 'plebeians', 'excreted', and 'scales', obscure meaning regularly.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of complex structures is attempted, but frequent grammatical errors, such as 'releasing their will of patriotism inner harmless way' and faulty relative constructions, reduce clarity throughout.

5.0

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Prioritize writing in clear, accurate sentences rather than elaborate vocabulary, so that each main idea is fully and understandably developed.

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