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Writing:

Problem-Solution Essays

PART II
Problem-Solution
essays - Brainstorm exercise: free writing
- Outline:
Ideas and organization
BRAINSTORM: FREEWRITING

● Write anything that comes into your


mind.
● Don’t worry about Grammar or Spelling.
● Stuck? Force yourself to write
ANYTHING.
● Set a time limit: 5-10 min.
When writing a Problem-Solution essay there are two
ways/patterns to organize the information.
● Type 1: 3 solutions (1 for each body paragraph)

Problem-Solution
essays
● Type 2: 1 solution explained in 3 body paragraphs.
The structure of this essay
To summarize the structure of a Problem-Solution
essay
Type 1: Several solutions Type 2: One solution

I. Introduction: Problem I. Introduction: Problem


II. Body paragraph 1: Description of the
II. Body paragraph 1: One way to solve the solution
problem
III. Body paragraph 2: More information about
the solution
III. Body paragraph 2: A second way to
solve the problem IV. Body paragraph 3: More information about
the solution
IV. Body paragraph 3: Another way to
solve the problem V. Conclusion

V. Conclusion

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