chapters · 7
01FREE
The Judgement Inside A Word
Recognise the verdict a near-synonym smuggles in, and choose it deliberately.
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02PREMIUM
The Company A Word Keeps
Why "committed a generous act" is grammatical, collocationally sound, and still wrong.
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03PREMIUM
The Exact Kind: Size, Certainty, Cause, Objection, Scope
Six kinds of small, of certainty, of causation, of objection, of scope.
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04PREMIUM
Saying One Idea Several Ways
Express one idea three ways and choose between them for the context.
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05PREMIUM
Metaphor Used Naturally
Use dead metaphor without mixing families — the failure mode of an ambitious Band 7.
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06PREMIUM
Words Band 7 Writers Get Wrong
The six words most confidently misused, and the formality that costs marks.
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07PREMIUM
Holding Your Position Across A Whole Essay
Manage a position across a whole response, not sentence by sentence.
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