Defining a Problem All problem-solution essays must begin by defining the problem. General topics are not problems! Example: Gun control is not a problem. Write a speech Use the guide questions below to write a good paragraph.
Defining a Problem All problem-solution essays must begin by defining the problem. General topics are not problems! Example: Gun control is not a problem. Write a speech Use the guide questions below to write a good paragraph.
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Defining a Problem All problem-solution essays must begin by defining the problem. General topics are not problems! Example: Gun control is not a problem. Write a speech Use the guide questions below to write a good paragraph.
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All problem-solution essays must begin by defining the
problem. Teens are hanging around at the local mall, making Defining questions: noise and harassing customers. Officials at the mall 1. What makes this a problem? 2. Who is affected by this problem? have added extra security guards, but the problem 3. Where is this problem happening? seems to be getting worse. They are having a town 4. When is this problem happening? 5. Why is this problem happening? (Causes of the problem) meeting to discuss the problem. You and your General topics are not problems! friends like to go to the mall to shop and hang out, Example: Gun control is NOT a problem. Children getting killed because but you are also concerned with the young people there are guns left unsupervised in homes—now THAT is a problem! that are just there to cause trouble. Write a speech Read the following scene and define the problem below in a good paragraph. Remember to include all the guide questions in your problem Use the guide questions below to write a good paragraph paragraph. defining the problem in the following prompt. Defining questions: John always goes to his grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving. His 1. What makes this a problem? whole family gathers, and he really enjoys it. It means a lot to his Detail1:______________________________________________ grandmother, too. This year his girlfriend, Ann, has invited him to __________________ spend Thanksgiving with her family. John really likes Ann, and he Detail knows she wants him to meet all her relatives. 2:____________________________________________________ ____________ What is John’s problem? 2. Who is affected by this problem? ____________________________________________________________ Detail1:______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ __________________ ____________________________________________________________ Detail2:______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ __________________ ____________________________________________________________ 3. Where is this problem happening? ____________________________________________________________ Detail1:______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________ ____________________________________________________________ Detail 2: ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. When is this problem happening? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Detail 1: ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _________ Defining a Problem Detail 2: ______________________________________________________ _________ 5. Why is this problem happening? (Causes of the problem) Detail1:______________________________________________ __________________ Detail 2: ______________________________________________________ _________ Now write the paragraph. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________