2º BACH - ENGLISH
SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH 1
SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH 2
CLOSING
INTRODUCTION
Consejería de Educación
- STICK TO your opinion
- Use a FORMAL or NEUTRAL register
DOS
DON'TS
- CHANGE your view
- GIVE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES of the issue (pros & cons)
- Use short forms or slang
- Restate your opinion (deeper/new words)
- Briefly summarise the 2 arguments above
- Include a 'call to action'
To sump up / To conclude / In conclusion,
As I see it / In my view / I am convinced that ...
- Establish the topic
- Grab the reader's attention (rethorical question)
- State YOUR OPINION
- Reason 1 to support your opinion (topic sentence)
- Explanation sentence (expand on your first idea)
- Give an example, relevant facts or details
- Reason 2 to support your opinion (topic sentence)
- Explanation sentence (expand on your first idea)
- Give an example, relevant facts or details
- It is widely known that ... / It is a fact that ...
- It is clear/true that ... / It goes without saying that ...
- Research has shown that ... / As a matter of fact, ...
- For instance / To give an example / Probably the most obvious example is ...
- Furthermore / What is more / In addition to this, ...
Nowadays, ... It is argued that ...
I totally disagree/could not agree more with that statement
Personally, I feel that ... I strongly believe that ...
EBAU WRITING: OPINION ESSAY
