Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.2 - Social issues for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Which items in the box would you expect to find in a problem-solution essay?
  2. Read the example essay and answer the questions.

Answer

a)

  • reference to research
  • facts and figures
  • a description of a problem
  • a conclusion
  • rhetorical questions
  • a plan of action

b)

  1. It deals with gun control.
  2. -
  3. It contains facts and figures, a description of a problem, rhetorical questions, a plan of action and a conclusion.