Details of Politician’s private lives should not be published in newspapers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Sample Response
Political leaders and social workers play a major role in making societyplay a huge role to make society a better place to live. SomeFew people think that the privacy of these public figuresthese tycoons should not be breached by citizens or the mediacitizens or media; however, I partially disagree with this, a position explained belowwhich is explained in the below composition.
On the one hand, it can not be denied that politicians are always in the limelight for various reasonsbecause of some or other reasons. Despite playing an important role, as individualsbeing an individual, such legislators have every righthave all rights to limit access to their personal lives. For the community, it is important to know their background, but it does not mean that the media should follow them everywhere they go. Moreover, everyone likes to have some space and loves to spend time with family. Therefore, Media organisationshouses should always be aware of what to print and what to withholdwhatnot. Hence, certain sections of societycertain demographics of the society think that newspapers should not be allowed to print such contentcontents.
On the other hand, I slightly disagree with this as there are several reasons for this positionmultiple reasons and advantages behind this. Firstly, people are always keen to know about the character of their favourite leader, which cannot be judged solely from their public speecheswhich cannot be known by hearing their public speeches. This is the main reason that citizens try to gather information about politicians' personal livesinformation regarding personal lives to know these lawmakers individually. Many times it has happened that people elect a leader without bothering about the background, and they eventually end up regretting the same. It is crucial that political leaders must have a crystal clear image and no criminal charges in order to lead society. Secondly, private lives printed in newspapers inform young people aboutenlighten youngsters about their political idols' life storiestheir idol leader’s life story, which can inspire them to become a leader in future. For example, a recent survey in the USA states that people are always curious to know about the personal liveslife of the presidential candidates so that this information can help themit can help them to decide whom to give their precious vote. Thus, I trust that not all things, but few parts, such as education, criminal backgrounds, family, property, life story of politicians, be published.
To conclude, though there must be some restrictions, I am partially inclined towards the idea to publish the personal lives of such civil servants so that it can be helpful to society to follow a true leader.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response maintains a qualified position and organizes a substantial discussion of privacy, public accountability, and voter interest. Its main limitation is that some support is generalized or only loosely connected to publishing private lives, while recurrent collocation and grammar problems reduce precision. The highest-priority improvement is to distinguish legitimate public-interest information from genuinely private material and develop that distinction with focused evidence.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The task is addressed with a clear qualified position and relevant reasons, though some arguments are generalized or insufficiently tied to private-life publication.
Define which personal details serve the public interest and explain more precisely why each category should or should not be published.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas progress through a clear four-paragraph structure, but some linking is mechanical and the longer second body paragraph is not always tightly focused.
Group the reasons for disclosure more selectively and use transitions that express the exact logical relationship between ideas.
Lexical Resource
The response shows a reasonably wide vocabulary, although inaccurate collocations and unsuitable labels such as tycoons and demographics weaken precision.
Choose neutral, topic-specific terms and check common collocations related to privacy, media reporting, and public accountability.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A variety of complex forms is used and meaning remains clear, but errors in articles, agreement, capitalization, and clause construction recur.
Edit complex sentences for complete clause structure and accurate agreement, especially after introductory phrases and in lists.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Details of Politician’s private lives should not be published in newspapers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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Write the task yourself, then compare your choices with the annotated response.