Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.2 - Out of print? for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and do the tasks together.

Answer

Q1

In order:

  • To introduce the topic
  • to describe points supporting the main thesis
  • to describe points against the main thesis
  • to give the writer's opinion in a conclusion

Q2

  • At the end, in the conclusion.
  • The writer should not state their opinion earlier in the essay.

Q3

  • contrastive → on the one hand, yet, but, conversely
  • additive → also, a third point is that, and, finally
  • exemplifying → such as
  • cause-effect → as, thus
  • other → that

Q4

Answer in endmatter p133