Opinion Essays

What does "to sum up" mean?

• First of all

• In my opinion

• In addition

• to summarize

In an opinion essay, we give arguments in favour and against something.

• True

• False

I think that...

In my opinion, ...

I believe that...

From my point of view, ...

• All these expressions mean different things.

• Two of these expressions mean the same.

• Three of these expressions mean the same.

• All of these expressions mean the same.

What do we use in an opinion essay?

• Contractions

• Connectors

• Informal vocabulary

• Our name

An opinion essay is formal.

• True

• False

_______________ are connectors.

• First of all, however, but, in addition

• You're, in addition, but, first of all

• however, first of all, no, you're

• foreseen, but, first of all, however

We use "in addition" to

• add more arguments

• negate a statement

• express our opinion

• finish the essay

Which is the wrong sentence?

• We express our opinion in the introduction.

• We express our opinion in the conclusion.

• We express our opinion in the body.

In an opinion essay, we can mention other viewpoints with phrases like "some people think".

• True

• False

How many paragraphs does an opinion essay have?

• One or two

• two or three

• three or four

• four or five