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About this program

Aim: The aim of this program is to help you plan your essay about "Developed countries should do more to combat climate change.". It will:

help you to plan your essay
help you to write your essay, including the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.
help you to proof-read your essay
produce an essay, which you can save and print out using your browser's File menu.
and speak your essay to you. You can choose a male or female voice.

1. Plan your Essay: Drag and drop points to include in your essay

Drag and drop the points below that you want to include in your essay into the topic boxes on the right >

Developed countries should do more to combat climate change.

because: they are most responsible for the situation
- because: nearly all greenhouse gases from developed states (The Economist (2008))
  - because: Developed countries cause more increase in CO2 (Monbiot (2009))
Solution: A "common but differentiated responsibility".
because: Since the 18th century industrial, developed...
because: have finance & technology for development models
- but: intellectual property rules prevent tech transfer
  - but: climate change global, so need to transfer tech
  - but: remove or relax intellectual property rules
- because: e.g. Australia initiative on global carbon capture (Rudd (2008))
because: costs less to limit climate change long term (Stern Review (2008))
- but: Stern's modelling choices overstate damages (Stern Review (2008))
but: both developed & industrialising nations clean up
- but: every country should try to reduce its emissions
  - because: the Environmental Grenelle of Paris creates jobs (Newsweek (2008))
    - Effect: Sarkozy govt. financing insulation of buildings
  - because: Germany has integrated energy and climate programs (Merkel (2008))
    - because: its $240 billion renewable energy industry... (UN Report (2008))
  - because: the 2007 London Climate Change Action Plan... (Gavron (2008))
  - because: eg. Brazil plans to limit deforestation (Silva (2008))
  - because: eg. Iceland generates most of its... (Sveinbjarnardottir (2008))
- because: emissions from developing countries are... (The Economist (2008))
  - but: more cuts by developed states mean less for others (Raman (2008))
- because: developing states few pollution-cutting measures
  - but: China's 2005 renewable energy law (Liu (2008))
    - because: manufacturers of wind turbines, solar cells,...
  - but: India has plans to make solar energy an... (Saran (2008))
but: not the ones most affected by climate change
- but: unfair that those least responsible suffer most
but: some may even benefit from some warming
- because: eg. Alaska may become more suitable for...
  - but: melting Alaskan permafrost releases greenhouse gas (Wikipedia contributors (2008))

Move to the next stage and write your essay.

The introduction will go here, but don't write it until you after have chosen your topics.

Topics: (drag points from the left into the topic boxes below. To delete a point, double-click the box, after the point's text):

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2. Write your essay

Introduction

Instructions: Fill in or edit these boxes so that the grammar is correct:

Move 1: Identify the topic / theme

First sentence: Why is the topic important? (e.g. Whether developed countries should do more to combat climate change. is currently a controversial topic.) Tip: do not use 'Nowadays' or 'hot topic' because they are too informal for academic essays.
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Move 2: Provide background information (you can put a definition here or in the Definition section)
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Move 3: Show how the background leads to the problem / issue
e.g. Due to this situation, ...

Move 4: State the objective / purpose
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Move 5: Outline the structure
e.g. This essay addresses main issues. These are:
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Click here to , then wait for the page to appear.

Definition (optional)

Write definitions of any terms that you want to define in the bigger of the two boxes below.
The definition should include the term you are defining; e.g. ' can be defined as...', and the type or category of thing it is.

Search for definitions of in

Definition content:

Term, verb, description; e.g. 'Hong Kong is a world-class Asian city.'
Term, verb, classification, what it is a type of; e.g. 'Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China.'

Optional additional definition content:

The importance of the term; e.g. 'Hong Kong has a population of nearly 7 million and has the sixth highest per-capita GDP in the world.'
Any common misunderstandings; e.g. 'The term 'Hong Kong' applies not only to the Special Administrative Region (SAR), but also to Hong Kong island, which is only one of the over-250 islands in the SAR. (Wikipedia (2025). )'
References for statements in the definition; e.g. Wikipedia (2025). '.
Examples; e.g. 'There is one other example of a special administrative region of China, and that is Macau.'
Controversies; e.g. 'The most suitable level of democratisation for Hong Kong has been controversial since 1997.'
It's development; e.g. 'Beginning as a trading port in the 19th century, Hong Kong has developed into a leading financial centre. Hong Kong was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1842 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. (Wikipedia (2025). )'

Findings

Point 1

1.1 Make a topic sentence by filling in these fields:
1.1.1 Write or edit the ordering, hedging and organisation system words:
Firstly, probably the most important argument is that
1.1.2 Write or edit the rest of the topic sentence:

1.2 Write or edit the details of point 1 in here:

Point 2

2.1 Make a topic sentence by filling in these fields:
2.1.1 Write or edit the ordering, hedging and organisation system words:

2.1.2 Write or edit the rest of the topic sentence:

2.2 Write or edit the details of point 2 in here:

Point 3

3.1 Make a topic sentence by filling in these fields:
3.1.1 Write or edit the ordering, hedging and organisation system words:

3.1.2 Write or edit the rest of the topic sentence:

3.2 Write or edit the details of point 3 in here:

Point 4

4.1 Make a topic sentence by filling in these fields:
4.1.1 Write or edit the ordering, hedging and organisation system words:

4.1.2 Write or edit the rest of the topic sentence:

4.2 Write or edit the details of point 4 in here:

Click here to
(Please be patient, as it may take some time to process) .

Discussion (Optional)

Compare the quality of the above arguments here:
e.g. "While the first argument seems persuasive, the second argument is better supported by evidence, and that evidence appears to be of higher quality."

Conclusion

1. Re-state objective
e.g. In conclusion, in this essay the objective was

2. Summarise the main points
e.g. To summarise, main points have been covered,
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4. Evaluate evidence
Compare the quality of the different points that you have included above.

5. Express your view
e.g. "In my view," + clause; " Taking all these arguments into consideration, I believe that" + clause; or " My personal opinion is that" + clause.

6. Make recommendations or describe the future of the topic
e.g. "I recommend that" + clause; "I recommend" + _ing verb + ...; "This would result in" + noun phrase.

Click here to , then wait for the page to appear.

Bibliography / References

3. Proof-read your Essay

The following functions will help you to proof-read your essay:
And proof-read it with your own eyes!

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4. Print your essay script

Click here to print out a script of your essay.

5. Listen to part of the essay

Listen to your:

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Audio files

Your essay text will load into the text-to-speech program. This will take about 30 seconds.

The audio files of your essay will appear below.

Wait for the 'Play' buttons to appear.

Click the 'Play' buttons to hear the sentences from your essay.

Text-to-speech output files:

These boxes are for converting your text into speech. The program will fill your words into the boxes below automatically, but you can edit them or replace them if you wish:

Text-to-Speech Wizard

The Text-to-Speech Wizard can create a monologue (such as a essay) or a conversation dialog. You can have up to 10 conversational moves with different voices.

Enter the name for each speaker in the left column, then write in the conversation text you want spoken. Select the appropriate voice for each speaker.
The whole dialog will then be sent to the speech engine and recorded as separate audio files for each speaker move in the conversation.
The HTML page generated by the wizard will then be sent back.

Enter a title for your dialog:

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