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My Purpose:

Convince your reader: Provide reasons and examples to make your opinion clear.

Sentence starters for stating Transitions to use in the body of Transitions to use in your
your opinion: your writing: conclusion:
 In my opinion  For example/instance  In conclusion
 I think  Another reason  For all the reasons I’ve
 I strongly believe  In addition/Additionally given
 I feel  First, second, next,  To sum it up
 My favorite finally  To summarize
 Most importantly  As you can see

State your opinion clearly in a single, complete sentence.

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Convince your reader: Provide reasons and examples to make your opinion clear.
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