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WRITING AN OPINION ESSAY

OPTION A: Defending your personal opinion: you state your opinion on the topic in the introduction and give
arguments to support it.
• INTRODUCTION: Refer to the topic background, refer to the general opinion on it and briefly state your
position.
• Paragraph 2: Introduce your first argument, and support it. Make your argument explicit and specific by
adding examples or illustrations of your main point of view.
• Paragraph 3: Introduce your second argument, give reasons and consequences and, if necessary, admit
there are counter-arguments.
• CONCLUSION: Restate your opinion and try to catch the corrector’s eye with possible solutions, a British
proverb or idiom, an upper-level comparative structure… anything that proves a wider knowledge of the
language, culture…

USEFUL LANGUAGE
INTRO
Giving background information Expressing opinions
• Nowadays, / Currently, / Today, • From my personal point of view, …
• It is well known that… • In my view, …
• It is generally agreed / accepted that… • As far as I’m concerned, …
• Personally,
PARAGRAPH2
Giving your 1st argument Supporting Giving examples
• It seems clear to me • Figures / Statistics • For instance, …
that … prove that… • ….., such as
• There is no doubt that • Researchers/experts
… claim/point
out/suggest that…

PARAGRAPH3
Adding more arguments Giving reasons and consequences
• Besides,/ Moreover,/ Furthermore, / In • As/ Since/ Due to the fact that/ Owing to
addition to this, / Additionally, … the fact that…
• What is more, …. • Therefore/ As a result/ Consequently, ….
• Not only …(inversion)... but …… as well. Admit counter-arguments

CONCLUSION
Concluding -Restating your opinion* – Catching final attention
possible solutions • Final English proverb/ idiom
• All in all, / To sum up, / In brief, … • The + comp, the + comp.
• On the whole, … • Conditional upper-level, If only…!
• Summing up, I would like to point out
that…

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