Exercices essai argumenté : anglais en terminale

Pour chaque sujet, indiquez le plan le plus adapté : D (dialectique) ou T (thématique).

1. To what extent is social media a threat to democracy?
2. What are the causes and consequences of fast fashion?
3. Do you agree that zoos should be abolished?
4. What can individuals do to fight climate change?
5. Is it still relevant to study Shakespeare today?
6. What are the main effects of tourism on small islands?

Recopiez les mots-clés essentiels de chaque sujet et dites en français ce qui fait débat.

1. Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
2. To what extent can art be a form of protest?
3. Is privacy a thing of the past in the digital age?
4. Do monuments help us remember or prevent us from moving on?
5. Can a virtual community replace a real one?

Sujet : To what extent can sport bring people together? Pour chaque proposition, dites si c’est une bonne problématique (oui / non) et pourquoi.

1. What is your favourite sport?
2. Is sport a universal language, or can it also divide communities?
3. Football was invented in England.
4. Does sport unite people beyond their differences, or does competition fuel rivalries?
5. How many people watch the Olympic Games?

Remettez les phrases dans l’ordre : accroche, contexte, problématique, annonce du plan.

1. We will first examine the benefits of working from home, before turning to its hidden costs.
2. “The office is dead,” announced a business magazine in 2021.
3. This raises the question of whether remote work is a lasting improvement or a temporary illusion.
4. Since the pandemic, millions of employees have stopped commuting every day.

1. Quelle phrase est la topic sentence (Point) ?
2. Quelle phrase explique le mécanisme (Explanation) ?
3. Quelle phrase donne l’exemple ? Est-il précis ? Pourquoi ?
4. Quelle phrase fait le lien avec le sujet ? Quel mot l’annonce ?
5. Quel connecteur montre que ce paragraphe est une antithèse ?

Réécrivez chaque phrase dans un registre adapté à un essai.

1. Kids don’t read a lot of books anymore.
2. Lots of people think it’s a good idea.
3. In a first time, I will talk about the advantages.
4. This stuff is really bad for the planet.
5. You can’t say it’s totally useless.
6. To conclude, I think I said everything.

Associez chaque idée (1 à 6) à l’exemple qui l’illustre le mieux (a à f).

1. Fiction can warn us about totalitarianism.
2. Words can mobilise a whole nation.
3. Street protests can win new rights.
4. Personal data can be used to influence elections.
5. A novel can fuel a political movement.
6. Memory is a political battleground.

a. the suffragettes in Britain – b. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – c. the debate over Confederate statues in the United States – d. Nineteen Eighty-Four – e. the Cambridge Analytica scandal – f. I Have a Dream

Complétez avec : case in point, illustrated, take, shown, instance.

1. ___ the example of Greta Thunberg, who started a global movement alone.
2. This is clearly ___ by the success of the series Black Mirror.
3. Norway is a ___: almost all new cars sold there are electric.
4. As ___ in Orwell’s novel, language can be used to control thought.
5. For ___, several European cities have banned cars from their centres.

Cette conclusion a cinq défauts. Lisez-la, puis identifiez chaque défaut en français (1 à 5).

1. Défaut de la phrase 1
2. Défaut de la phrase 2
3. Défaut de la phrase 3
4. Défaut de la phrase 4
5. Défaut de la phrase 5 et ce qui manque à la fin

Sujet : To what extent should schools ban smartphones? Rédigez (environ 250 mots) :

1. une introduction en quatre temps ;
2. un paragraphe de thèse en PEEL ;
3. un paragraphe d’antithèse en PEEL avec une concession ;
4. une conclusion qui répond clairement à la question ;
5. une phrase d’ouverture.