Writing Editorials

True or false: An editorial should include research.

• True

• False

You don’t need to use any facts in an opinion piece.

• True

• False

The topic of your opinion piece is the

• opinion you are arguing.

• supporting reasons.

• introduction.

• conclusion.

Which of the following is a list of all the things you should do when writing an opinion piece?

• State your opinion and then restate it in the conclusion.

• State your opinion then support it with facts and reasons.

• Support your opinion with facts and reasons, then restate your opinion.

• State your opinion clearly, support your opinion with facts and reasons, restate your opinion and reasons to conclude.

"Students should not be required to do community service." is an example of:

• evidence

• reason

• claim

• paraphrase

Read the following sentences:

I love a warm cookie and a cold glass of milk. Chocolate chip cookies melt when they’re warm and are easy to make.

What is this introduction missing?

• a strong statement of opinion

• a hook to draw the reader in

• supporting examples

• a fact about cookies

Lucinda is writing an opinion piece about why horses are the best animals. Which of the following could she use to support her opinion?

• Horses can run almost as soon as they’re born.

• Horses can help people recover from accidents.

• Lucinda rides a horse named Raisins at the stable.

• All of the above

What can the author of this essay do to improve his or her conclusion?

• Add linking words like “first,” “then,” and “finally.”

• Write a hook to draw in the reader’s attention.

• Restate some of the supporting reasons.

• State a new opinion.

Editorials can inform readers, stimulate thinking, mold opinion and occasionally move people to action.

• CO

• NC

The conclusion of an editorial should be as strong as its introduction as it re-emphasizes the stand of the publication on a certain issue.

• CO

• NC