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Writing an opinion piece

Writing an opinion piece

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Writing an opinion piece

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11/12/10

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structure, language, style

structure 1. Headline catch your readers attention. Make a clear statement. Ask a provocative question. Promise a solution to a problem. Writing an opinion piece 2. First paragraph: keep it short. State your topic and opinion clearly. Keep readers interested. 3. Supporting paragraph: Use statics. Other facts or qualer to back up your main statement. 4 Conclusion: Restate your opinion suggest a solution or call for action. language In a comment / an opinion prece you often need the simple present to make general statements. you use simple present or simple past to support your arguments with examples from your experience. stressing your point O when you write a comment / an opinion piece, you can use modals (and their substitutes) to say clearly what you think is right (should, shouldn't, ought to,...) express more strongly what you style use personal pronounce 。 shows how strongly you feel O you →shows readers you O are think is important and necessarly (must, mustn't have to) / speaking tell anecdotes about their experience Anecdoles are short stories about real events. writers use them to get closer to their readers -> family members, friend,... to them use expressive language nonexistent, dropped, overshadowed, forgotten, irrelevant, big, great, extremely, quite, fairly use rhetorical questions rhetorical questions don't expect answers. They're often really statements.