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About this program

Aim: The aim of this program is to help you plan your essay about "We should reduce the use of fossil fuels". It will:

  1. help you to plan your essay
  2. help you to write your essay, including the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.
  3. help you to proof-read your essay
  4. produce an essay, which you can save and print out using your browser's File menu.
  5. 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 >

We should reduce the use of fossil fuels
  • because: global warming is bad
    • because: drains up water sources
      • because: loses ability to retain water
    • because: affects animals' livelihood
      • because: examples
    • because: reduce summer stream flows
    • because: problem with precipitation (Pearce (2005))
    • because: glacier retreat
    • because: extreme weather events (Knuston (2004))
      • but: not related to global warming (Pielke (2005))
    • because: rising of sea level
      • but: not rising
    • because: increases death rate
    • because: population movement
    • because: physical problems and diseases
    • because: reduces hydropower
      • but: other replacements
    • because: failing crops etc.
      • but: relocates crop production
    • but: +ve effects on ecosystem
      • but: not necessarily good
        • because: decreases biodiversity
      • but: no compensation in growth
      • but: CO2 not everything
      • because: CO2 enhances plants' growth
    • because: -ve impacts to natural lives
      • but: species can migrate
      • but: not necessarily bad
        • because: favors growth
      • because: extinctions of species
    • because: risk of forest fire
      • but: jungles don't
      • but: not due to global warming
  • because: causes global warming
    • but: no global warming is occuring
      • because: within normal range
        • but: unprecedented increase
    • because: CO2 is a greenhouse gas
    • because: increases CO2 concentration
    • because: solar irradiance
      • but: unconnected to solar activity (Monbiot (2007))
      • because: Mars has global warming (Ravilious (2007))
        • but: Mars wobbles, changing climate (Ravilious (2007))
  • but: filtered fuels non-polluting
    • because: e.g. filtering coal smoke
      • but: very few coal-fired power stations use filters
  • because: major source of pollution
    • because: produces pollutants
      • but: pollutants can be reduced
    • because: cleaner alternatives
      • but: dangerous alternatives
        • but: comparatively less
          • but: deaths per kilowatt
      • but: not enough uranium for nuclear (MIT Technology Review (2009))
      • but: expensive
        • because: investment cost
          • but: not expensive in long run
            • because: resource's running out
            • because: save money from pollution
  • but: basis of world economy: damage it if used less (Rauch (2007))
    • but: global warming damages economy (Wikipedia contributors (2007))

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 we should reduce the use of fossil fuels 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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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.

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Definition content:

  1. Term, verb, description; e.g. 'Hong Kong is a world-class Asian city.'
  2. 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). )'
     

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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:

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:

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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."

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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.

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3. Proof-read your Essay

The following functions will help you to proof-read your essay:
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4. Print your essay script

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5. Listen to part of the essay

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