GRE argument essay topic #39 outline

Submitted by me2GRE on Sun, 04/01/2018 - 13:14

The following appeared in a memorandum written by the chairperson of the West Egg Town Council.

"Two years ago, consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely filled within five years. During the past two years, however, the town's residents have been recycling twice as much material as they did in previous years. Next month the amount of recycled material—which includes paper, plastic, and metal—should further increase, since charges for pickup of other household garbage will double. Furthermore, over 90 percent of the respondents to a recent survey said that they would do more recycling in the future. Because of our town's strong commitment to recycling, the available space in our landfill should last for considerably longer than predicted."

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

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argument 1 -- 'Two years ago, consultants predicted that West Egg's landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely filled within five years. During the past two years, however, the town's residents have been recycling twice as much material as they did in previous years. ' //maybe there will be more residents ;

argument 2 -- 'Next month the amount of recycled material—which includes paper, plastic, and metal—should further increase, since charges for pickup of other household garbage will double. ' //maybe people don't care about the double charges;

argument 3 -- ' Furthermore, over 90 percent of the respondents to a recent survey said that they would do more recycling in the future. ' //1. the respondents may only contain a little rate of total population; 2. 'they would do more recycling in the future' is not equal to 'they will really do; '