<p>WRITING COMPOSITIONS 2 An opinion composition</p><p>When we write an opinion essay, we express our personal opinion on a particular topic. We want to convince our reader that our view is the best.</p><p>OPENING</p><p>STATE THE BODY TOPIC EXPRESS YOUR OPINION CLEARLY OPENING see it / I personally believe that / With this, I mean / There are other reasons why I disagree with this statement. I think …/ From my point of view / - In my opinion, __ is one of the most important issues today.</p><p>BODY EXPRESSIONS - I believe / think / feel that ______- In my opinion / view ___ FOR GI-</p><p>VING OPINIONS - It seems / appears to me that ______- My opinion is that ____</p><p>In fact, in my opinion / It is clear - As far as I am concerned, ______to me that / As I </p><p>Support your opinion CONNECTORS TO LIST /Furthermore, / with facts, examples AND Besides, / Finally, Because / Since / As / and reasons. Include a ADD POINTS Seeing that / Due to / new idea in each because of /Owing to / paragraph. On account of In the first place, / CONNECTORS TO Secondly, /Thirdly / In INTRODUCE addition to this / Moreover, CAUSE CONNECTORS TO Consequently / For this reason, …/ INTRODUCE RESULT As a result, …/ Therefore / As a consequence / CONCLUSION</p><p>Therefore, in conclusion, it it clear that this topic is food for thought but I have some reasons to believe that ______</p><p>In conclusion, the issue of _____ should be regarded as an important topic. </p><p>CONCLUSION CONNECTORS TO INTRODUCE CONCLUSION</p><p>STATE YOUR In conclusion / In short / To sum up / In brief / Lastly / Finally / All things considered, OPINION AGAIN / On the whole / Taking everything into account, / As was previously stated, /</p><p>Offer a solution or a warning. </p>