ARGUMENTATIVE - OUTLINE

1.Book Vouchers for Students Should be Abolished

Introduction:

·         BB1M-introduced by 5^th Prime Minister,Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak since 2011

·         For students pursuing tertiary studies-buy reading material and stationaries

·         TS: Agree -Book voucher should be abolished because students tend to misuse them, retailers take the advantage to gain more profits, and government should allocate the money for more effective project.

Point 1:

Students tend to misuse the book vouchers given to them

·         EL: take for granted-buy unnecessary products-not related to their studies

·         EL: against main objective of BB1M-to reduce students financial burden

·         EG: use to buy external hard disks, earphones

·         EL: students sell or auction off-for quick cash

·         EG: unscrupulous individuals-exchange-lower amount of cash

·         C: Thus, books voucher should be abolished because students tend to misuse the book vouchers to wrong ways.

Point 2:

Retailers take the advantage to gain more profits

·         EL: raise the price of goods

·         EL: students- no choice-vouchers only acceptable in selected store

·         EG: some products-low quality-do not worth the value

·         EL: students –are deceived-consumer’s right deprived

·         EL: money is the root of evil-money minded-grab the chance-play dirty

·         C: Therefore, the retailers for sure will take advantage on student’s book voucher in order to gain more profit because the use of the voucher is limited.

Point 3:

Budget for project BB1M should be allocated for more effective projects

·         EL: according to PM-allocated RM 325 million-to benefit 1.3 million of tertiary students

·         EL: budget derived from public funds-as tax payers-undoubtedly do not want it to benefit some unimportant ones.

·         EL: large amount of money-spend to care for the welfare-underprivileged

·         EG: build low cost houses-upgrade hospital facilities-free meals for impoverished children

·         C:Thus,beside the giving the book vouchers for student, the money should be used for needy  in the country in order to help them to gain more better life.

Conclusion:

·         Restate TS

·         More disadvantage than advantage-should be terminated

nNOR ASYIQIN BT AHMAD AND FRIENDS (K6S1)/2013 

2. People have become overly dependent on technologies.

INTRODUCTION:  

-       In rapid growth of technologies- to support our life

      we are dependent on technologies- using technologies brings good things.

-          (THESIS STATEMENT) agree with statement- people have become overly dependent on technologies for communication, at workplace and  in education.

POINT 1 ( for communication)

-          (TOPIC SENTENCES) easy to communicate, - people use mobile phones and computers.

-          (ELABORATION) Able to communicate with people around the world- to connect within seconds.

-          Use televisions and internet to get latest news- economics, politics, world news

-          (EXAMPLE) No more using greeting cards on festival time- e- greetings.

-          Lack  of physical movements- physical contacts.

-          (CONCLUSION) people overly dependent on technology in communication due to its accessibility and convenience.

POINT 2 ( at workplace)

-          (TOPIC SENTENCES) people  are overly dependent on technologies at their workplace.

-          (ELABORATION )  companies used advanced computerized system- makes tasks easier and faster.

-          To store and share data and information.

-          (EXAMPLE) many kinds of machines eg: printers to print document- no more manually hand-written letters-photocopies.

-          (CONCLUSION) people are very dependent on technologies at workplace.

POINT 3 (for education)

-          (TOPIC SENTENCE) student are mostly dependent on modern technologies in education.

-          (ELABORATION)  online classroom-interact with other students belonging to same stream but located somewhere else in the world.

-          Can find anything instantly at their fingertips.

-          (EXAMPLE) do assignments without many efforts- calculations in calculator- save time.

-     Exchange ideas, notes, topics through social networks

-          Do not spend hours browsing through volumes of books- effective strategies (save time)

-          Lack of ability to calculate simple mathematics manually.

-          (CONCLUSION) people nowadays especially students use technologies for their education.

CONCLUSION

-          We depend on modern technology too much- careful about how to use modern machines for tasks- machines may replace position of human being to control the world.

NOR SHAHIRAH BT MOHAMAD RODZI AND FRIENDS (K3S1)/2013