Sample article Introduction: make your readers want to read on Body: start each paragraph with a topic sentence that gives the general idea Conclusion: summarise the main points, give recommendations Start saving the planet NOW! Are you one of those people who worry about air pollution or are afraid of freak weather like floods and storms? Instead of being terrified, we should adopt a green lifestyle, i.e. start tackling environmental problems and reduce our carbon footprint. Take recycling, for example: It means collecting old materials and reusing them to produce new things. This way, raw materials like wood and valuable resources like clean water can be saved. Moreover, the amount of rubbish can be reduced. Paper, plastic, glass and aluminium cans are examples of products that are already recycled in large quantities in most EU countries. Another important issue is to avoid plastic products as much as possible. In some countries plastic bags are banned already. People have reusable bags that last for years instead of plastic bags that are thrown away after a single use. The same goes for plastic bottles: rather than buying soft drinks in plastic bottles, we should drink water from glass bottles. Avoiding plastic is beneficial to our own health and can save millions of fish which mistake bits of plastic for food and die from swallowing it. There are many ways each of us can contribute to saving the environment: walking, cycling or using public transport instead of private cars, eating less meat and more vegetables and fruit. Paying attention to how things are packaged and rethinking our consumer habits by buying less are easy options for reducing our carbon footprint. It is not as difficult as you might think to make a contribution to protecting the environment. All it takes is to live by these three principles: reduce, reuse and recycle. Use a catchy title Use rhetorical questions to involve your readers, e.g. Have you ever …? What would you think / do if …? Are you one of those people who …? Remember: you want to inform, persuade, explain or give advice Writing coach Give examples to support your arguments. 192 W Writing guide Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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