2. Scan the text and do the following tasks:
a) Identify the verb tenses used in this opinion essay and explain why.
b) Identify the techniques used to begin and end the essay.
c) Circle the connectors/linking words that have been used.
d) Underline the topic sentences used in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.
Writing: How to write an opinion essay 2nd Bach., IES Ángel Corella
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Adapted from
Successful Writing Intermediate and Proficiency
by Virginia Evans, Express Publishing
and
Explorations 1 Workbook, OUP
(
www.oup.com/elt
)
2. Finally write an opinion essay on the following topic:
“We shouldn’t be so dependent on computers.”
Don’t forget to...
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... brainstorm for ideas and plan the composition in advance: List all the arguments
FOR and AGAINST.
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...Write all-developed paragraphs joining sentences with connectors/linking
phrases.
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...to start each paragraph with a topic sentence.
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...to apply specific techniques to begin and end your essay.
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