Life in the Future Essay
This essay is about life in the future and whether you think it will become
better or worse for most people.
This is the question;
Some people feel that, within the next hundred years, life will become
better for the majority of people. Others are less sure.
What is your opinion about this?
Understanding the Task
This kind of task (‘what is your opinion’) is much more open than some
other opinion essay types.
For example, when you are asked to ‘
discuss both opinions and give your
own opinion’ you must discuss both sides of the arguments. However, in
this case, you could choose to look at both
sides of the issue as with
‘discuss two opinions’ type essays:
Why life could be better
Why life could be worse
Your
opinion
But alternatively you could decide that life will definitely become better (or
worse) and focus your essay on that. So it’s a bit more similar
to
‘agree/disagree’ type essays, where you can look at both sides if you
wish or just focus on the side you agree (or disagree) with.
Basically, the essay is asking what
your opinion on the issue is, so it’s
perfectly acceptable to decide what your opinion is (for or against) and
write about that.
In this sample answer, the focus in on why life will become better.