In an opinion essay, we give and justify our personal opinion on a given subject.

TOPIC The positive and negative effects of Fast Food. (250 à 300 words)

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
PLAN
EXAMPLE
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION paragraph 1
paragraph 1 Nowadays an increasing number of people are suffering from
Life nowadays …
illnesses such as diabetes, obesity or diverse heart diseases.
During the last century
Introduce the topic This is due to eating too much Fast food and not doing we have seen…..
and try to convince enough exercise. It is said that especially teen-aged However….
the reader of your
Americans suffer from that problem. Nevertheless …
point of view. This is a controversial
Then, say that there topic …
On the one hand, lots of teenagers find fast food delicious
are at least two
and often very convenient. For instance when you do not
possible different
have much free time to cook you can always rely on Fast
opinions or views
on the subject. You Food. There are fast food chains now in almost every town of
may start with an the globe. Moreover, many teenagers spend money on fast MAIN BODY
Paragraphs 2, 3 ….
anecdote or a food not because they need to eat out but just because this
On the one hand … /
surprising how they socialize. Fast-food restaurants provide a
On the other hand …/
convenient place to meet friends. Moreover, for low-income In the first place…. /
families, they provide inexpensive food. Most would never Then …
been able to afford a restaurant with high-quality food. Secondly… /
Besides… /
On the other hand, it is now known that this kind of food However… /
Furthermore…. /
MAIN BODY largely contributes to the risk of obesity with the lack of
Moreover…./
Paragraphs 2, 3 …. exercise and oversized proportion size. Home-cooked food is
Similarly…/
generally healthy unlike fast-food such as hamburgers, hot- What is more…/
Justify what you say
dogs, pizzas and fried potatoes. Another problem with fast Not to mention…/
by giving facts and
food restaurants is that this kind of food is very addictive.
examples. Each time
Once you've tried it, you want more of it because it is so
you introduce a new
idea, begin a new cheap, yummy and filling. Living nearby a fast food
paragraph. restaurant doesn’t help either because you will want to eat
CONCLUSION
there more. It will be the first place we’ll think about when last paragraph
we get hungry. It will be a good hangout place also with the To conclude… /
wireless internet routers added to the place. To sum up… /
All in all… /
To conclude, although fast food tastes good and eating it All things
considered… In my
once in a while is fine, eating fast food too frequently may
opinion…. /
CONCLUSION result in health problems such as obesity or diabetes. The
To my mind… /
last paragraph problems caused by fast food are mainly in the high sugar, As far as I am
salt and fat content in it. concerned…. /
Sum up and give I believe that… /
your opinion.
From my point of