CELPIP Writing: Responding to a Survey Question, Prompt 2, Essay 1
You are a volunteer at the local community theater group. You have been asked whether the group should spend its money on costumes or on storage.
Options: Which alternative do you support? Explain your position.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write 150–200 words.
Essay 1 (mentions the other side of the argument–‘like costumes in a theatrical play’)
Position: Spend money on storage space
- Introduction
Neutral statement: So much equipment goes into every Shakespearian play.
Implicit thesis statement: Theatre groups should spend their money on storage space to house their equipment.
Explicit thesis statement: I believe that theater groups should have extra storage space for their equipment.
- Body Paragraph
Topic sentence: There are many reasons to choose storage space over other expenses like costumes in a theatrical play. One good reason involves the fact theatres run several plays a year, so they need storage space for the wooden sets and props that they use for the plays. For example, just this last year our theatre ran 4 different Shakespearian plays and all the sets were piled on top of one another in a small backroom. If there was space to place these things together, it would help to organize individual sets and make it easier to find particular props that can be used interchangeably with different plays, like a crown or a wooden set for a forest theme.
- Conclusion: In conclusion, by having more space to store the equipment of different plays, a theatre group can become more organized and, inevitably, become better prepared for every play they produce.
Essay 1:
So much equipment goes into every Shakespearian play. Theatre groups should spend their money on storage space to house their equipment not costumes.
There are many reasons to choose storage space over other expenses like costumes in a theatrical play. One good reason involves the fact that theatres run several plays a year, so they need storage space for the wooden sets and props that they use for the plays, not the costumes, which take up very little space. For example, just this last year our theatre ran 4 different Shakespearian plays and all the sets were piled on top of one another in a small back room. If there was space to place these things together, it would help to organize individual sets and make it easier to find particular props that can be used interchangeably with different plays, like a crown or a wooden set for a forest theme.
In conclusion, by having more space to store the equipment of different plays, a theatre group can become more organized and, inevitably, become better prepared for every play they produce. (180 words)
Essay 1: Signal words and criteria related to vocabulary
So much equipment goes into every Shakespearian play. Theatre groups should spend their money on storage space to house their equipment not costumes.
There are many reasons to choose storage space over other expenses like costumes in a theatrical play. One good reason involves the fact that theatres run several plays a year, so they need storage space for the wooden sets and props that they use for the plays, not the costumes, which take up very little space. For example, just this last year our theatre ran 4 different Shakespearian plays and all the sets were piled on top of one another in a small back room. If there was space to place these things together, it would help to organize individual sets and make it easier to find particular props that can be used interchangeably with different plays, like a crown or a wooden set for a forest theme.
In conclusion, by having more space to store the equipment for different plays, a theatre group can become more organized and, inevitably, become better prepared for every play they produce.
