In an evaluation paragraph, you make judgments about people, ideas, and possible actions. You need to make your evaluation based on certain criteria that you develop. In the paragraph, you will state your evaluation or recommendation and then support it by referring to your criteria.
Example: Write a paragraph evaluating whether pesticides should be used on farms.
The following words can help you to write a good evaluation paragraph:
| Criteria for Evaluation | Recommendation |
| good / bad | suggest |
| correct / incorrect | recommend |
| moral / immoral | advise |
| right / wrong | argue |
| important / trivial |
Criteria
good / bad
Example: The use of pesticides such as DDT is bad for the environment.
correct / incorrect
Example: The belief that pesticides must be used is incorrect.
moral / immoral
Example: The use of pesticides to control pests is immoral because it harms the environment.
right / wrong
Example: It is wrong to use pesticides because they harm the environment.
important / trivial
Example: The issue of pesticides is an important one because it affects the environment.
Recommendation
suggest
Example: I suggest that pesticides should not be used to control pests.
recommend
Example: I recommend that pesticides should not be used because they are harmful to the environment.
advise
Example: I would advise farmers not to use pesticides if possible.
argue
Example: I would argue that pesticides should not be used because they harm the environment.
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