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If this is not impressive, I don't know what is

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One of the assessment scales for C2 Proficiency writing has one mysterious word that always makes me and every test taker smile: "Text is organized impressively..." (Organisation band 5). Impressively - how is that?   My interpretation is "impressively" means the text flows because the ideas are organized logically and are well connected. I want to share an answer that demonstrates what I am talking about. The answer below was written by Yulia Dmitrieva . Task :  Read the two texts below. Write an essay summarising and evaluating the key points from both texts. Use your own words throughout as far as possible, and include your own ideas in your answers. Answer : Hardly had the scarcity of WWII been forgotten when we became a society of consumption, one with what seems to be an insatiable appetite for products of all types and kinds. It is only inevitable that since then we also have become one that is often called a throwaway society simply because goods are disca