Class 4: Opinion essays – review

1. Provide the detailed outline of an opinion essay, focusing on the micro- and macro-
organization of the text.

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2. Planning your essay.

Topic: Online learning is less effective than taking part in regular classes. Discuss.

In pairs,
1) Formulate your opinion.
2) Prepare a list of arguments and counterarguments. Pick two arguments that best support
your opinion and present them as topic sentences.
3) Pick a counterargument.

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3. Developing paragraphs.

A possible method of developing your paragraphs is by interpreting facts to support your opinion.
Use only when you know a given fact. Don’t come up with ideas pretending to be facts.

Paragraph structure:

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Select one of your arguments and develop them using the fact interpretation method.

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4. Refutations.

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Develop your counterargument into a complete paragraph.

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5. Useful language

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DO’S and DON’TS