Capital Punishment
"Do you believe that societies ought to enforce capital punishment or Are there alternative forms of punishment that would be better used?"
First of all you need to consider the question. What does it ask? Straight away, you can see that it asks 2 things.
It wants to know if you believe that society should use capital punishment and it also wants to know if you can offer any alternatives to capital punishment. Your answer should give a balanced view of both parts of this question. What is important to realize is that there is no correct answer here. You can present any point of view as long as you can support it.So, in your planning stage you should have a roadmap for the introduction, each paragraph and the conclusion. Here is my brief plan for the essay.
Intro
* What cp is. Where it's used. (not my country). Differing opinions. * I don't believe in cp. * There are alternative punishments.
Body
1. Inhumane - we shouldn't sink to the level of criminals. 2. We can get convictions wrong; prisoners can be released if there's an error. Mentally ill. Examples. 3. Alternative punishments: life means life; hospitals for criminally insane. Costs more but society has a duty to care. 4. Many countries favour it and they say it works. Prisons too full. Killers deserve nothing less. Some crimes deserve it. Not my morals though.
Conclusion
I don't agree. We can do other things. Avoid mistakes and make modern society a humane one.
The above is a basic plan of how I want to write my essay. It's not rigid. I can change my ideas and format as I write if I feel I can do better.
I can also add things that I've forgotten as the essay goes on. It's normal of course for you to have new, good ideas as you write and the skill is to get them into your essay without upsetting the balance of the essay. How do you do this? It's practice again. You won't get good at writing essays and adapting your writing well without practice.
So, below is an
First of all you need to consider the question. What does it ask? Straight away, you can see that it asks 2 things.
It wants to know if you believe that society should use capital punishment and it also wants to know if you can offer any alternatives to capital punishment. Your answer should give a balanced view of both parts of this question. What is important to realize is that there is no correct answer here. You can present any point of view as long as you can support it.So, in your planning stage you should have a roadmap for the introduction, each paragraph and the conclusion. Here is my brief plan for the essay.
Intro
* What cp is. Where it's used. (not my country). Differing opinions. * I don't believe in cp. * There are alternative punishments.
Body
1. Inhumane - we shouldn't sink to the level of criminals. 2. We can get convictions wrong; prisoners can be released if there's an error. Mentally ill. Examples. 3. Alternative punishments: life means life; hospitals for criminally insane. Costs more but society has a duty to care. 4. Many countries favour it and they say it works. Prisons too full. Killers deserve nothing less. Some crimes deserve it. Not my morals though.
Conclusion
I don't agree. We can do other things. Avoid mistakes and make modern society a humane one.
The above is a basic plan of how I want to write my essay. It's not rigid. I can change my ideas and format as I write if I feel I can do better.
I can also add things that I've forgotten as the essay goes on. It's normal of course for you to have new, good ideas as you write and the skill is to get them into your essay without upsetting the balance of the essay. How do you do this? It's practice again. You won't get good at writing essays and adapting your writing well without practice.
So, below is an