Opinion essay writing

Opinion Essay

Today we will be learning about how to plan and write an opinion essay

YOUR ESSAY COULD BE

• ONE-SIDED

• BALANCED

OPINION ESSAY STRUCTURE

​Point

Explain

Example

Multiple Choice

What kind of a sentence is this?

"Nowadays, many people are talking about the traffic situation in Abu Dhabi".

• General statement

• Exposing two sides

• Conclusion

• Reason

Multiple Choice

Where would you find this sentence?

"These days, it is easy to find males and females studying together in college."

• Conclusion

• Body

• Introduction

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a general statement opener?

A) In today's world, ...

B) These days, ...

C) In a modern society,...

D) There are many reasons why...

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Where would you use the phrase "To begin with..."

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

Multiple Choice

"For instance, ..." is another way of saying "For example, ..."

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is a correct way to state your opinion?

A) "In my opinion..."

B) "I strongly believe that..."

C) "I really feel that..."

• A

• B

• C

• A, B and C

Multiple Select

Which of the following is NOT correct?

A) First of all,

B) In the first place,

C) My firstly reason is

D) Firstly,

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What should you write after "My first reason is ..."

• that + full sentence reason

• nothing + short reason

• short reason

• that + short reason

Multiple Choice

Which punctuation comes after "For example" ?

• . (full stop)

• , (comma)

• ' (apostrophe)

• ? (question mark)

Multiple Choice

We use "in addition" to

• add more arguments

• negate a statement

• express our opinion

• finish the essay

Multiple Choice

What goes into the body of your essay?

• Reasons only

• Reasons + examples + details

• Opinion

• Final statement

Multiple Select

Where do you give your opinion? (Choose all that apply)

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

• Body 3

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

When you re-state your opinion in the conclusion, you use...

• same ideas and same words as in the introduction

• same ideas but different words as in the introduction

• different ideas and different words as in the introduction

Multiple Choice

What does "to sum up" mean?

• First of all

• In my opinion

• In addition

• to summarize

Multiple Choice

WHICH ONE IS AN OPINION ESSAY?

• Most people agree that money cannot be happiness. Why is happiness difficult to define? How can people achieve happiness?

• Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement