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① What is Opinion?

② Pre-writing step

③ Using an adjective clause④ Extra & Necessary information

⑤ Opinion writing format

⑥ Reference

Index

A belief, judgment, or way of thinking about particular issue :

what someone thinks about a particular thing

Ex)

The sunrise was beautiful this morning.

Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous.

What Is Opinion?

Before we write opinion paragraph, we have to do pre-writing.

① Identify an issue.

② Summarize the main points of issue.

③ State your opinion.

④ Give reasons/examples to back/support your opinion.

Pre-writing Step

Find an issue

Understand the main points

Pre-writing Step

What are the three main points?

Gary is my English Composition teacher.

Gary has visited over thirty countries.

Gary, who is my English Composition teacher, has visited over thirty

countries, said, ”….”

Using Adjective Clause

Using an adjective clause to give additional information

Extra & Necessary Information

Necessary information to identify personExtra information

about her

• Jamila Hadded ran away from home last week. Jamila is a high school student in Chicago.

Jamila Hadded, who is a high school student in Chicago, ran away from home last week.

• She run away to avoid a marriage. The marriage was arranged by her par-ents.

She run away avoid a marriage which was arranged by her parents.

• Mr. and Mrs. Haddad are very traditional. Mr. and Mrs. Haddad are from Lebanon.

Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who are from Lebanon, are very traditional.

Examples

Extra information

Necessary information

Extra information

• Jamila is the oldest daughter in the Haddad family. The Haddad family immigrated to this country seven years ago

Jamila is the oldest daughter in the Haddad family, who immigrated to this country seven years ago

• Her parents want her to marry a man. The man is thirty-two-years old.

Her parents want her to marry a man who is thirty-two-years old.• The husband –to-be lives in Lebanon. Lebanon is a country in the

Middle East.

The husband –to-be lives in Lebanon, which is a country in the Mid-dle East.

Examples

Extra information

Extra information

Necessary information

• Jamila ran away from home rather than marry the man. She wants to go to college in her new country.

Jamila, who wants to go to college in her new country, ran away from home rather than marry the man.

• Mr. and Mrs. Haddad don’t understand why she ran away. Mr. and Mrs. thought they had arranged a good future for their daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Haddad, who had arranged a good future for their daughter, don’t understand why she ran away.

Examples

Extra information

Extra information

Examples

What is the issue of Jamila story?

-Do children have to follow their parent’s traditions?

-Do parents have to right to determine their chil-

dren’s future?

-Is it ok to force someone to marry a much older

person?

O State your opinion

R Give a reason

E Give examples

O Re-state your opinion

Opinion Writing Format

References① What is Opinion?

(n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2015, from http://www.merriam-web-ster.com/dictionary/opinion

Hogue, A. (1996). First steps in academic writing (7th ed., p. 149). White Plains, NY: Longman

④ Pre-writing step

Hogue, A. (1996). First steps in academic writing (7th ed., p. 37). White Plains, NY: Longman

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⑤ Extra & Necessary information

Hogue, A. (1996). First steps in academic writing (7th ed., p. 160,163-164). White Plains, NY: Longman

⑥ Opinion writing format

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