Negative Impact of Advertising on People's Lives

Write about the following topic Today, people are surrounded by advertising. This affects what people think is important and has a negative impact on people's lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Essay ideas: Negative Impact of Advertising on People's Lives

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

6 ideas

Reasons to disagree

4 ideas

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Response 01

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Essay · 308 words · 5 paragraphs · 26 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band5.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The strongest aspect is the attempt at a multi-angle response covering advertising's reach, employment, and consumer harm. The main limitation is an unstable position: the introduction argues advertising should not be allowed, while the conclusion concludes it does not create a negative impact, leaving the argument contradictory and underdeveloped.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses the topic and offers supporting ideas, but the position shifts from opposing advertising in the introduction to rejecting its negative impact in the conclusion, and key claims are stated rather than fully developed.

5.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Paragraphing is sensible and progression is broadly clear, but cohesion is at times mechanical and some internal logic, such as the side-effects paragraph, does not clearly support the stated argument.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for the topic with some appropriate collocations, though expressions like 'the lion part' and 'most flourished field of employments' show imprecision and limited flexibility.

5.5
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of sentence types is attempted, but frequent tense, agreement, and article errors, such as 'promotions played' and 'Two third of our population had availed', reduce overall grammatical accuracy.

5.5

What to work on next

Establish one consistent position from the introduction through the conclusion and develop each body paragraph with clearer links back to that stance.

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