Opinion Essay

Don't state your opinion in the first paragraph

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• false

Write three paragraphs in the main body

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Present a separate viewpoint in each main body paragraph

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• false

Present the opposing viewpoint in the second main body paragraph

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• true

Support each viewpoint with resons/examples

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• false

Start each main body paragraph with a topic sentence

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Restate your opinion in the concluding paragraph using the same words as in the introduction

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• true

Use mostly past tense

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• true

Link your ideas with linking words

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• false

Use colloquial expressions, short verb forms andchatty language

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• true