2. Disagree
3. Agree with concession
4. Disagree with concession
5. Eclectic
Issue Writing Strategy
A : Title and Start
Show the material to the reader, you have understood the complicated and pertinent issue
that needed to be explained, and revealed which sides you choose.
Agree :
I strongly agree with the contention that absence of choice is a rare circumstance, primarily
because this contention with common sense and our everyday experience as human beings.
Besides, the reverse claim that we do not have free choice serves to undermine the notions of
moral accountability and human equality, which are critical to the survival of any domestic society.
Disagree :
In my point of view, however, I disagree with the speaker for some obvious reasons/on the
ground that ...
Agree with concession :
I agree that ....Nevertheless / However ...
B. Main Content
In the first place, I would reveal the point of ...
In the second...
C. End
In sum, from what has been discussed above, we may conclude that ...
Example :
In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly over-rated. We need more generalist - people who
can provide broader perspectives.
Before you start to ponder the specialist and generalist, let us analogize this issue to the
military. Why did we divide the military organization Air Force, Army, Navy, Navy Seals...
As we perceive, Navy Seals is the best of the best, not suitable for everyone, it requires
mental and physical strength to finish the mission.
Agree :
Specialists are necessary in order to allow society as a whole to properly and usefully
assimilate the mass of new information and knowledge that has come out of research and
which has been widely disseminated through the global mass media.
Disagree :
Over-specialization means narrow foci in which people can lose sight of the larger picture,
would be dangerous in terms of truth, purity and cohesion of knowledge, and serve to drawn
out moral or universal issues,
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In this era of rapid social and technological changes that lead to increase life complexity and
psychological displacement, both positive and negative effects among persons in Western
society call for a balance in which there are both specialists and generalist.
Specialist are necessary in order to allow society as a whole to properly and usefully assimilate
the mass of new information and knowledge that has come out research and which has widely
disseminate through the global mass media. As the head of Pharmacology at my university
once said (and I paraphrase) : " I can only research what I do because there are so many to
whom I can turn for basic knowledge. It is only because of each of the narrowly focused
individuals at each step that a full and true understanding of the complexities of life can be
attained. Each person can only hold enough knowledge to add one small rung to the ladder,
but together we can climb to the moon." This illustrates the point that our society's level of
knowledge and technology is at a stage in which there simply must be specialists in order for
our society to take advantage of the information available to us.
Simply out, without specialists, out society would find itself bogged down in the Sargasso sea
of information overload. While it was fine for early physicists to learn and understand the few
laws and ideas that existed during their times, now, no individual can possibly digest and
assimilate all of the knowledge in any given area.
On other hand, over-specialization means narrow foci in which people can lose sight of the
larger picture. no one can hope to understand the human body by only inspecting their own
toe-nails. What we learn from a narrow focus may be internally logically coherent but may be
irrelevant or fallacious within the framework of a broader perspective. For example, if we
inspect only our toe-nails, we may conclude that the whole body is hard and white. Useful
conclusions and thus perhaps useful inventions, must come by sharing information and ideas
among specialists. Simply throwing out various discoveries means we have a pile of useless
discoveries, and it is only when one can make with them a mosaic that we can see that they
may form a complete picture.
not only may over-specialization be dangerous in terms of the truth, purity and cohesion of
knowledge, but it can also serve to drown out moral or universal issues. Generalists and only
generalists can see a broad enough picture to realize and introduce to the world the problems
of the environment. With specialization, each person focuses on their research and their goals.
Thus, industrialization, expansion, and new technologies are driven forward. Meanwhile, no
individual can see the holistic view of our global existence in which true advancement may
mean stifling individual specialists for the greater good of all.
Finally, over-specialization in people's daily lives and jobs has meant personal and
psychological compartmentalization. People are forced into pigeon holes early in life
(at least by the time they reach university) and must conspicuously attempt to consume external
forms of stimuli and information in order not to be lost in their small and isolated universe. Not
only does this make for narrowly focused and generally poorly-educated individuals, but it
guarantees a sense of loss community, often followed by a feeling of psychological displacement and person dissatisfaction.
Without generalists, society becomes inward-looking and eventually inefficient. Without a
society that recognizes the importance of broad-mindedness and fora for sharing generalists,
individuals become isolated. Thus, while our form of society necessitates specialists,
generalists are equally important. Specialist drive us forward in a series of thrusts while
generalists make sure we are still on the jousting field and know for certain what the stakes are.
Issue Assess :
Each Perspective on an issue essay will be scored on a 6-point holistic scale according to the
criteria below. Although the GRE Analytical Writing Measure contains two discrete analytical
writing tasks, a single combined score is reported because it is more reliable than either task
score alone.
Score 6 :
A 6 paper present a cogent, well-articulated analysis of the complexities of the issue and
conveys meaning skillfully.
Presents an insightful position on the issue;
Develops the position with compelling reasons and/or persuasive examples;
Sustains a well-focused, well-organized analysis, connecting ideas logically;
Expresses ideas fluently and precisely, using effective vocabulary and sentence variety;
Demonstrates facility with the conventions;
Score 5 :
A 5 paper presents a generally thoughtful, well-developed analysis of the complexities of the
issue and conveys , meaning clearly.
Presents a well-considered position on the issue
Develops the position with logically sound reasons and/or well-chosen examples;
Focused and well-organized, connecting ideas appropriately
Expresses ideas clearly and well, using appropriate vocabulary and sentence variety;
Demonstrate facility with the conventions of standard written English but may have minor errors.
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