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Opinion Paragraph

By: Mubarak Abdessalami

Presentation

After you have read about the general pattern of a paragraph, let’s discuss in what way an opinion paragraph might respond to that pattern. This is what the following paper is trying to verify.

An opinion paragraph has nothing special that the other paragraphs don’t have; I mean the common Skeleton should be patiently set up including all the basic components, notably the topic sentence, the supporting details and the concluding sentence. The specifications are as follows:
  1. The Topic Sentence which states your opinion specified by the controlling ideas.
  2. The Supporting arguments which have to be reasons, proofs or evidences sustained by examples enough to illustrate the idea clearly.
  3. The Concluding sentence which is normally a reminder that reflects or somehow echoes the topic sentence so as to maintain the unity of the paragraph.

Apart from all these, Organization sounds worth thousands of shallow words. The unity of your paragraph should be maintained through some key measures. Coherence and cohesion have to be handled carefully as well as punctuation, spelling and tone. It is also convenient to vary the length of your sentences so that they should bring about neither boredom nor confusion. Review your grammar and the syntactic structure of your statements. Your vocabulary should be rich and diverse but not far fetched. Avoid optional statements; you have to be concise since the secret dwells in your own ability and competence to show not to tell. In a word, the quality not the quantity of your product is what counts the most.


Recapitulation

The opinion paragraph starts with a clear and original view point or attitude about a topic. Never use expressions such as “In my opinion” or “I think”. You should directly start on with your opinion as it is a truth. Instead of saying, “In my opinion life is worth living fully.” just write, “Life is worth living fully.” This stage should be heavily concentrated upon because you need to give lucid contentions that support and justify the authenticity and validity of the opinion.

Convincing as well as persuasive styles should be the most common throughout the whole paragraph. An opinion without clear and vigorous arguments that support and sustain it is not at all inspiring for the reader. You should also bear in mind that arguments are not new opinions, but only an attempt to support the opinion with the most appropriate evidence. Therefore you should be careful about the way the topic sentence is managed and reinforced through logical, resistant and easy to assimilate supporting details, here arguments. The arguments must be so comprehensible that in this stage you have to avoid using assumptions or theories but you must use only facts. Examples are the most helpful tools to clarify and back up your arguments; however they should neither be volatile nor vague ones. They should be positive statements aiming at bringing about the reader’s involvement and understanding.

The concluding sentence, on the other hand, should not raise a new opinion or present an open statement. It should be cautiously dealt with in order to echo the whole paragraph or at least to paraphrase the topic sentence. The concluding shift is crucial because it is the last thing the reader will keep in mind. The minimum deviation from the opinion stated above or the pace and logic of the paragraph will engender a deadly effect.

By these directions, instructions and reminders, we don’t intend to train future writers but there is -we couldn’t deny it- some of the intension within. Eminent writers knew these details first but they are not only these directives which made them famous professional authors, there is always gift and skill behind all this. We hope we are, with this humble attempt, participating in the making of a great writer who would be “YOU”. All in all, for the time being, try to regularly write and check over so as to learn and develop the power to be a good student-writer and good luck.
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