[This is an advice sheet designed for students who have to write a problem and solution essay. It is a combination of my own material with some material I borrowed from colleagues.]
Problem and Solution Essays: Advice for Writing
Checklist:
11.
Do I have 5
paragraphs?
22.
Do I have a minimum of 200 words?
33.
Does each of the
paragraphs have a topic sentence?
44.
Does each of the solution paragraphs address the same
problem?
55.
Are all of the
ideas in the paragraph related to the topic sentence?
1. Structure:
Problem
and Solution Essays - Structure
Introduction
|
Clearly state
the problem you will discuss. Explain why it is a problem
and why it has occurred.
|
Paragraph 2
|
First possible
solution. Explain your suggestion
and how it will
solve the problem.
|
Paragraph 3
|
Second possible
solution. Explain your suggestion
and how it will solve the problem.
|
Paragraph 4
|
Third possible
solution. Explain your solution
and how it will
solve the problem
|
Conclusion
|
Summarize your
opinion.
|
2. Topic sentences:
Make sure each of the possible solution paragraphs begin
with a topic sentence. The topic
sentence should clearly express what the paragraph will be about.
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