Ielts writing Essentials (book 2)

1. Task Achievement:
This is where you can really make a difference through careful
preparation. This mark grades you on basically “have you answered the question". It marks
whether you have covered all requirements of the task suffciently and whether you
presented, highlighted and illustrated the key points appropriately.
2. Coherence and Cohesion:
These two are interrelated which is why they are done together.
Cohesion is how your writing fits together. Does your writing with its ideas and content
flow logically? Coherence is how you are making yourself understood and whether the
reader of your writing understands what you are saying. An example of bad coherence and

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cohesion would be as follows: