discursive essey on cars
Structuring a Discursive Essay
Your task is to help structure a discursive essay about the advantages and disadvantages of car use. You will be given the various arguments both in favour of and against car use. Your first task will be to organise these arguments.
Task 1
Read the following notes.
Identify all the points in favour of car use and mark them with a tick.
Identify all the points against car use and mark them with a cross.
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Not restricted by schedules as you are with public transport.
Comfortable (spacious, cool, CD’s etc)
They cause air pollution (eg. exhaust emissions contribute to global warming.)
Roads deface the natural landscape and destroy/disturb wildlife habitats.
Fast, less time-consuming than public transport.
Car parks take up valuable space in city centres (could be used for public gardens instead?)
Fairly cheap to run?
Car accidents result in many deaths and injuries.
Modern fuels are lead free and getting “cleaner.”
Traffic jams lead to stress and “road rage.” (angry drivers attacking others)
Car use contributes to a faster, les natural pace of life that often results in high blood pressure and heart disease.
Task 2
Now that you have sorted your points into two groups , you will be able to divide the main body of your essay into two sections: advantages and disadvantages. However, each of these two sections still needs to be divided further – into topics. Each topic will then become a paragraph in the essay.
Take the “advantages” above and arrange under the topic headings of “Convenient” and “Efficient”
Take the “disadvantages” and arrange them under the topic headings of “Bad for the environment”, “Dangerous” and “Stressful”
Task 3
A well structured paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence. This contains the main idea or argument of the paragraph. It is followed by a few illustrations or examples that support it. In the case of
Your task is to help structure a discursive essay about the advantages and disadvantages of car use. You will be given the various arguments both in favour of and against car use. Your first task will be to organise these arguments.
Task 1
Read the following notes.
Identify all the points in favour of car use and mark them with a tick.
Identify all the points against car use and mark them with a cross.
………………………………………………………………………….
Not restricted by schedules as you are with public transport.
Comfortable (spacious, cool, CD’s etc)
They cause air pollution (eg. exhaust emissions contribute to global warming.)
Roads deface the natural landscape and destroy/disturb wildlife habitats.
Fast, less time-consuming than public transport.
Car parks take up valuable space in city centres (could be used for public gardens instead?)
Fairly cheap to run?
Car accidents result in many deaths and injuries.
Modern fuels are lead free and getting “cleaner.”
Traffic jams lead to stress and “road rage.” (angry drivers attacking others)
Car use contributes to a faster, les natural pace of life that often results in high blood pressure and heart disease.
Task 2
Now that you have sorted your points into two groups , you will be able to divide the main body of your essay into two sections: advantages and disadvantages. However, each of these two sections still needs to be divided further – into topics. Each topic will then become a paragraph in the essay.
Take the “advantages” above and arrange under the topic headings of “Convenient” and “Efficient”
Take the “disadvantages” and arrange them under the topic headings of “Bad for the environment”, “Dangerous” and “Stressful”
Task 3
A well structured paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence. This contains the main idea or argument of the paragraph. It is followed by a few illustrations or examples that support it. In the case of