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    DISCUSSION ESSAY Examine and study the stages and purposes of each part below. What are the differences between discussion essays and argument essays (introduced in Unit 2)? Stages of discussion essays (parts) Purpose of stage | Introduction General To introduce the reader to the subject | statement of the essay. Gives an overall Position To give the opinion of the writer. view of the essay (sometimes not possible) Definition(s) To explain any important technical (optional) words to the reader. Preview/scope To tell the reader what parts of the or essay map topic will be included in the essay. Body Arguments for To explain to the reader the evidence | The main part of for the positive side of the issue, with | the essay, where support. The most important ideas evidence is presented, usually come first. with support, Arguments To explain to the reader the evidence against for the negative side of the issue, with — support. The most important ideas | usually come first. | Conclusion Summary To give the reader a brief reminder of To relate the points | the main ideas, while restating the to real-world action issue. Sometimes also says which ideas the writer believes have the strongest evidence. | (No new evidence | Recommendation | To tell the reader what the writer | is given inthe | believes is, the best action to take, | conclusion) considering the evidence in the essay. | Note: Sometimes there may be more than two points of view to an issue. In that case, the body paragraphs will describe as many points of view as necessary. k B: Reading—example discussion essay Read the example of a discussion essay below. It has been divided into the stages given above as an example to illustrate staging. ee LEARNING tip It is 2 good idea to keep this model of a discussion. Every time you write a discussion essay, either here or at college or at university, use it to make sure you have included all stages. Whether or not to allow genetically modified food is a very Genet = Ay Statement ‘controversial issue at the present time. A considerable amount of| Imoney has been spent over the last decade on research into altering Ithe genes of cereals, fruit and vegetables in such a way that larger lharvests can be obtained.[if this research continues, the whole field of 5 Position —»lfood production will change radically, Foods that contain genetically Detniton —- —yelaltered ingredients are commonly called GM food, short for genetically modified food. This means that genes from plants or animals are taken land joined (spliced) with other genes from a different plant in order to change or alter the original plant. This essay explores some of the issues) 10 surrounding GM food and considers arguments from both the food—<— *Evsv! companies and groups opposed to those companies. On one side of the discussion are the food companies who say that using GM crops will mean that the food in supermarkets will be of a Pmies,_[higher quality and cheaper. On the other side of the discussion are. 15 Vatious.groups who oppose the food companies because these groups are very Woiriéd™ about the dangers of introducing manufactured crops into the environment before there has been ladequate time for full-scale testing. They are also worried about the: livelihoods of fatmets who are becoming more closely controlled by| 20 these multinational organisations. [It is clear from this preview that the essay must now ‘consider arguments from both groups. tt Positive

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