how to do an Opinion Essay English Class.pdf

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1. OPINION
ESSAY
UNIT 8.

2. SPECIFIC TOPIC
Choose,atopicthatisrelatedtosciencethathassustainableargumentsfromdifferent
pointsofviews,suchas:
•AnimalTesting
•Alternativemedicine
•GMO’s
Remember that it should be an opinion, we cannot use facts!

3. THESIS STATEMENT SENTENCE
Createyourthesisstatementsentencefollowingtheproperstructure:
•Topic+Position+Reason/s
•Universityeducationismorebeneficialthantechnicaltrainingbecauseattheuniversity
thestudentshavetheopportunitytolearntechnicalandcareer-relatedskillsaswellas
toacquireperspectivesonlifefromstudyingsubjectssuchasphilosophy,artand
literature.

4. CRITICALTHINKING
•Fromyourthesisstatement,youwilllookfor3argumentsthatsupportyourpointof
viewand3argumentthatgoesagainstit.However,thesemustcomefromreliable
sources,suchasbooksorarticles(useGoogleScholar).Theargumentsmustbe
completelyrelatedtoyourThesisStatement.
•Then,completethetablewiththeargumentsyoufound.
For Against

5. INTRODUCTION.
•Aswesawitbeforetheintroductionwillincludebackgroundinformationof
thetopic,orrelevantinformationtounderstandwhyitisimportant.Then,
thelastsentenceoftheintroductionwillbeyourthesisstatementsentence.
•Background information.
•Thesis statement sentence.
DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE STRUCTURE!

6. DEVELOPMENT.
BodyParagraph:eachwillhavetwosections,pointandillustration.
Also,rememberthateachmustfocusinoneidea.
Point:Thisisthetopicsentence,whichdescribesthefocusoftheparagraph.
Atopicsentencemusthave…
TOPIC+MAINPOINT
TOPIC:Whatyouwanttowriteabout.
MAINTPOINT:Whatyouwanttosayaboutthetopic.

7. DEVELOPMENT.
Then,wecontinuewiththeillustration(supportingsentences),thisiswhereyoucan
giveexplanations,evidence,andexamplesthatreinforcethemainpoint.However,
makesurethatyouonlyusereliablesourcessuchas:
•Facts
•Published opinions
•Research from books, journal articles, websites (trustworthy)
•Published case studies
•Research data

8. ILLUSTRATION.
•This is the largest part of the paragraph, in here you will
provide evidence of the main point.
•You will be writing that clauses in complex sentences (as
seen in the book).
•Recent studies show that eggs do not increase the
coloesterol levels in humans.

9. COUNTER ARGUMENT
•Inanopinionessay,itisimportanttoaddanargumentthatgoes
againstyourpointofviewbecausethiswillshowtheaudiencethat
youhaveseenalltheevidenceaboutthetopic.
•Writeatopicsentenceoftheopposingargument.Youcanusethe
vocabularywordsincasethatyoudecidetowriteacomplex
sentenceusingthat.
•Example:Somepeopleassumesthatdronescanbeausefultoolfor
protectingwildlife.

10. COUNTER ARGUMENT
•Afterthetopicsentenceofthe
opposingargument,youneedto
respondtoitwithastrongerone.There
aretwowaystoanswerit,inthefirst
oneyouacknowledgethatthatmain
ideaistrue,butyourpointofviewis
stronger.Intheotherone,you
disapprovetheideacompletely.You
canusethewordsthatshowcontrast
andwordsthatintensifythedisapproval
oftheargument.

11. COUNTER ARGUMENT
•Acknowledgingthatthatmainideaistrue:
•Somepeopleassumesthatdronescanbea
usefultoolforprotectingwildlife.Itistruethat
therehasbeensomecaseswheredroneshave
beenhelpful,however,arecentstudy
demonstratesthattheycausemorenegative
results.
•Disapprovetheideacompletely.
•Somepeopleassumesthatdronescanbea
usefultoolforprotectingwildlife.However,the
ideaisquestionable,because…

12. CONCLUSION
•Restate your thesis statement (paraphrase it).
•Summarize your main points.
•Finish with your opinion using the phrases seen in unit 7: should, should not, it is
important…
•Avoid: contractions, like, good, bad, thing/s, very, made up.

13. USEFUL VOCABULARY.

14. USEFUL VOCABULARY.

15. USEFUL VOCABULARY.