Writing an Advantages and Disadvantages Essay

Adapted from North Allegheny School District (n.d.)

Prewriting: Listing Advantages and Disadvantages

Use Table 1 to list all the advantages and disadvantages you can think of that relate to your topic.

 Write the advantages on the lines to the left and the disadvantages on the lines to the

right.

 Make sure you have at least three advantages and three disadvantages. If you have more,

add lines as needed.

Table 1

Advantages and Disadvantages

Topic: STRESS IN THE CREATIVITY

Advantages Disadvantages

STIMULATES CREATIVITY HYPERTENSON

TRAIN MEMORY OBESITY

INCRISES ENDURANCE INSOMNIA

Source: self-elaboration with data from North Allegheny School District (s.f.)

Prewriting: Choosing Advantages and Disadvantages

Use the concept map below to decide which advantages and disadvantages to write about in your

essay.

 Write the topic of your essay at the top of the map.

 List each advantage and disadvantage.

 Add support for each advantage and disadvantage. STRESS IN THE CREATIVITY

 Note whether each piece of support is a

fact (F), expert opinion (EO), or anecdote

(A).
Figure 1
Choosing Advantages and Disadvantages

STRESS IN THE CREATIVITY

TRAIN MEMORY STIMULATES CREATIVITY INCRISES ENDURANCE

Stress occurs from an

Stress hormones, in addition to Nobody enjoys the feeling of
unpredictable situation. And
putting us in a state of alert, stress. However, stressful
unexpected situations favor
intervene in the process of situations make us stronger and
the emergence of new ideas
learning and memorizing more resilient over the years.
and new points of view.
information.
OBESITY
HYPERTENSION

Stress can have a direct influence

by increasing the levels of

hormones in the blood.

 After filling in the map, cross out any

advantage or disadvantage you could not support.

Source: North Allegheny School District, s.f.

Prewriting: Organizing Your Essay

Order of my essay
Advantages Disadvantages
1.INCRISES ENDURANCE 1.HYPERTENSION
2.STIMULATES CREATIVITY 2.OBESITY
 3.TRAIN MEMORY 3.INSOMNIA
Source: self-elaboration with data from North Allegheny School District, n.d.

Why is this a good order?

ADVANTAGES: I think this is the order in the advantages because that is the step to follow of

the positive things of stress.

DISADVANTAGES: I think this is the order because it is ordered from the most delicate to what

can be controlled.

Writing: Advantages/Disadvantages Essay

Use the following organizer to organize your Partyfold .

After you have completed the organizer, use it to help you write your first draft

Introduction
How will you grab your audience’s attention? (2sentences)
My idea is to show them the greatest possible positivity towards the idea of
"stress" and what can be improved with it.

What is your main idea?

As I said before, I want to show that you don't always have to think negative
things about the word "stress".
Body
First Paragraph
What is your first INCRISES ENDURANCE
advantage/disadvantage? Because as you face different situations and
How will you support it? overcome problems, you train yourself to deal
with similar situations in the future.

Second Paragraph
What is your second
disadvantage/advantage?
How will you support it?
STIMULATES CREATIVITY
Since the brain needs to find new solutions to
solve the challenge before us, it is an exercise to
develop creativity and innovation.
 Third Paragraph
What is your third
disadvantage/advantage?
How will you support it?
TRAIN MEMORY
In a stressful situation, a small amount of cortisol
is released, a hormone that in small doses
increases our attention and short-term retentive
capacity. So occasional stress can help us work
harder and improve memory.

Fourth Paragraph
What is your fourth
disadvantage/advantage?
How will you support it?
OBESITY
This is due to the feeling of anxiety with which it
is accompanied, which makes the person feel a
strong need to ingest more calories to satisfy
their deficiencies.

CONCLUSION
How will you restate an advantage and a disadvantage?
It must be affirmed that stress is something negative and positive, it depends on
how each person puts it.
Closing? (2sentences)
Stress has different ways of dealing with any situation, but you always have to
think positively so that everything turns out better than you expect.
Source: [ CITATION Nor \l 3082 ]

Time to write your essay!

Bibliography

North Allegheny School District. (n.d.). Chapter 22: Looking at Both Sides. Retrieved from

North Allegheny School District / District Homepage: https://www.northallegheny.org