The document is an opinion essay that defines an opinion essay, outlines its typical parts, and provides some useful language for writing one. An opinion essay presents the author's viewpoint on a subject supported by reasons and examples. It typically includes an introduction stating the topic and viewpoint, a body with 2-3 paragraphs giving the opinion and supporting reasons, and a conclusion that restates the main idea. The document also lists some common transitional phrases for giving opinions, facts, referring to others' ideas, providing reasons and results, addition, and concluding.

1. OPINION ESSAYLora y Davinia

2. WHAT IS AN OPINION ESSAY?Opinion essay is a formal piece of essaywriting which presents the author’s point ofview on a particular subject supported byreasons and examples.

3. PARTS OF AN OPINION ESSAY

4. IntroductionIn theintroduction, youshouldbeveryclearaboutthesubject of yourpresentation. Thereadermustbeinformedaboutyourideasandtowardthetopicsincethebeginning of youressay

5. BodyTheBodyisthemainpart of theessay. Itisdividedintotwoorthreeparagraphs, givingyouropinion and reasons. Youshouldbeveryclearaboutyourarguments.

6. ConclusionTheConclusionistheend of theessay. Itis a short paragraph. Itoften has thesame idea as theIntroduction, only in differentwords.

7. USEFUL LANGUAGES

8. Givinganopinion:In my opinion,…Personally, I think…I believe that… it seems to me that…GivingfactsIt is a fact that… Itis true that…Referring to other people’s ideas: Many people say…Many people believe that…

9. Reason and Result:As a result, …Therefore…Anotherreasonis…Addition:What’s more, …In addition,… Furthermore, … Moreover, …As well… Also…Concluding: To sum up, …To conclude, …In conclusion, … It is clear that…