Opinion/ Recommendation Essay

• English
• Vocational Education

Step by step!

The most important part of constructing a good essay is to understand the prompt, essay topic or essay question!

A prompt, essay topic (or) essay question

What is it?

1-3 sentences raising an issue, or asking a question that you will have to respond to in an essay.

But first!

What is the purpose?

Writing Strategies (cont.)

Writing Strategies

Topic sentence & supporting ideas (Thesis statement)

This!

Outline

How to write an introduction.

• 1st sentence should be an attention getter (hook) that broadly relates to an aspect of the essay topic.
• 2nd and 3rd sentences are not as broad as the first and should provide more information about the topic.
• The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. 

What is a thesis statement?

Just remember this!

To construct the thesis, use this formula:

• Thesis statement = main idea + opinion + three points

Examples

What is the topic & stance for each of the following thesis statements?

During Your Writing Process..

The Evaluation Process

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