Discursive essay N 5 Up to 1000 words
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Discursive essay N 5 • Up to 1000 words • Each paragraph uses some evidence • Complex language is used • Structured well, with linking phrases between every paragraph • For and against arguments are detailed and well-developed • Spelling and punctuation are accurate throughout
Explain what your topic is. Tell us that it’s The subject of genetic engineering has an important or been much in the news recently. There has controversial been debate in Parliament and the press topic. as to the wisdom of allowing genetically modified foodstuffs to be sold in the country. Many supermarkets are refusing to allow GM food on their shelves. GM Tell us that crop trials in Britain have been destroyed there are people for by protesters. If so many people are and against concerned, we must try to discover whether GM foods are a good thing or not. it. Sum up what your essay will be looking at and the question you’ll be answering. You could make that last part a rhetorical question. (If so many people are concerned, we need to find out for certain. Are GM foods a good thing or not? )
• Read through the three example introductions and highlight the different sections. • Try to write your introduction, making sure you include these four sections. • Make sure you do not show your own opinion; keep it balanced.
How to begin your ‘for’ arguments. • People in favour of + topic • Supporters of + topic • Advocates of + topic • Those who support + topic • Pressure groups in favour of + • Believers in + topic • Followers of + topic • Users of + topic argue that… believe that… maintain that… claim that… feel that… suggest that… agree that…
How to start your ‘against’ points. • • People against + topic Critics of + topic Opponents of + topic Challengers of + topic Campaigners against + topic Those opposed to + topic Pressure groups against + topic argue that believe that maintain that claim that feel that suggest that
Every paragraph should be structured like this!! P - Point E - Evidence E - Explain Point = sum up the argument people make Evidence = facts/statistics to back up the point Explain = explain what the evidence is showing and what people on that side of the argument would say about it.
Your essay needs to be well structured and follow a logical argument. You need to use linking words to link each argument on to the next. The following is a list of words that show different methods of linking. • Comparisons - similarly, likewise, in the same way. • Contrast - although, however, otherwise, yet, but, nevertheless. • Examples - for example, for instance, in other words. • Conclusions - as has been noted, finally, on the whole, overall.
