Writing Skills

Interpret essay titles

E.G
what steps do you think should be taken to reduce pollution?
In this essay question, the word steps is organising word and the general subject is pollution. You don't need to describe pollution itself; the title assumes that you already know what pollution is. The title also indicates that pollution, at the moment, is bad. You could, therefore,use this idea as part of your introduction.
Pollution is nowadays one of the most serious threats to all living things on the planet. There are, however, many steps that can be taken to remedy this situation.
The first sentence is a general statement about the general subject. The second sentence is the topic sentence: it gives the direction of the essay and tells you how to organise it.

PR.(=practise)
A: organising words; B: general subject

* What are the most effective ways (A) to reduce unemployment (B) in Europe?
Nowadays, most of people in Europe face the unemployment situation. There are, however, many effective ways can be taken to remedy this problem.
Remedy: set straight or right

*What are the disadvantages (A) of using computers (B) in the workplace?
Nowadays, more and more people use computers in the workplace, which is more convenient to get more information, but it brings up some problems as well.

*Food additives (B) should be banned (A). Discuss
As people known, many food has additives which are not good for health,thus,there are something must be done to ban them.
*Food additives (A) should be banned. Dicuss (B).
The use of additives in food is a mater of some controversy. Not surprisingly, therefore, there are many arguments for and against this practice.

*What are the main benifits (A) of investing money in space research (B)?
With development of Science and Technology, space research is becoming more profit, I totally agree to invest money in it for several benifits as follows.

*The main cause (A) of the destruction of the environment (B)is the burning of fossil fuels. Dicuss (A)

The burning of fossil fuels has contributed enormously to the destruction of the environment. However, there are many other, no less, important causes.

*Discuss the advantages (A)of sex education in the school (B)curriculum at secondary level.

Sex education at secondary level is a much debated issue. However, such education does have many advantages.

*The best solution (A) to urban teaffic problems (B)is to ban all cars from city centres. What's your opinion (A)?

Although banning cars from city centres is a good way to solve current traffic problems, there are, in my opinion, many other measures that can and should be taken.

*Tobacco advertising (B) in the media should be banned . What's your opinion (A)? Give your reasons.

Banning tobacco adverts on television and in other areas of the media does provoke considerable opposition. As far as I am concerned, however, such advertising should not be allowed for many reasons.