Preventing Animal Extinction as a Natural Process

It is a natural process for animal species to become extinct. There is no reason why people should try to prevent this from happening. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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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

2 ideas

Reasons to disagree

6 ideas

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Essay · 279 words · 1 paragraph · 12 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response takes a clear, consistent position and develops it with relevant reasons and examples such as poaching and habitat destruction. Its strongest aspect is the fluent, wide-ranging language, while the main limitation is occasional awkward phrasing and slightly uneven development of the second supporting idea.

TR

Task Response

The response clearly disagrees with the statement, presents two relevant developed reasons with examples, and reaches a consistent conclusion, though the second argument is less fully elaborated.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The opposing view and the writer’s two reasons are signposted clearly. Progression becomes less smooth when the habitat-destruction point and the resort example are separated by a line break, and some linking is mechanical.

6.5
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary shows a useful topic-specific range, including “poaching”, “endangered animals” and “natural habitats”. Precision is less consistent in expressions such as “medicinal factors” and the sweeping prediction that all species face “extermination”.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A good range of structures is used, including conditionals, a cleft sentence, and relative clauses, but noticeable errors such as the garbled sentence about luxurious resorts reduce accuracy.

6.5

What to work on next

Refine awkward constructions and expand the explanation of the habitat-destruction argument so both supporting reasons are equally fully developed.

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