OPINION ESSAYS

AN OPINION ESSAY:
1.STRUCTURE OF THE COMPOSITION

2.TIPS TO BEGIN AND END YOUR COMPOSITION

3.LINKING WORDS

4.TOPIC SENCENCE AND SUPPORTING

SENTENCES OF THE PARAGRAPH
 Introduction: state the topic and your opinion clearly

Viewpoint 1 and reason

Viewpoint 2 and reason

Opposing point of viewiewpoint 1 and reasons

Conclusion: restate your opinion

 To express opinion:
• I believe,
• My view/opinion is that
• In my view/opinion,
• I strongly believe,
• The way I see it
• It seems to me (that)
• As far as I am
concerned,
 To introduce your first point:

• To begin with,…
• First,/First of all,…
• In the first place,…
• To start with,…
• The first thing to take into account
is…
 To introduce a further point:
• Secondly,…
• What is more,/ Moreover,…
• In addition to this,…
• Another point to be made is that…
• Furthermore,/ Besides…
• Not to mention the fact that…
• Apart from this/that…
 To introduce contrasting
points:
• It is argued that
• Opponents of this view
say
• There are people who
oppose
• Contrary to what most
people believe
• As opposed to the above
ideas
• People argue that
 Support with ideas:
Males and females are equally
capable of doing any job.
English is the only language worth
learning.
Was life better in the past?