Organise your text
An opinion essay has three parts:
Introduction
Arguments or reasons that support your view.
Conclusion
Introduction. Paragraph 1
Introduce the topic and give your opinion. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statement or question. It can be a good idea to use a
question to grab the reader’s attention. Check the two examples below:
Nowadays, top sportspeople, such as football players or basketball players, have huge salaries, and this promotes a lot of debate.However,I
don’t thinkthey earn too much.In my opinion,their salaries are fair.
How often have you heard a friend or a colleague complain about the excessive salaries of professional sports players? But do they really earn too
much?I don’t thinkthey earn too much.I truly believetheir salaries are fair.
Arguments. Paragraph 2
Give the first argument to support your opinion. Include at least two facts or examples to show that your reason makes sense. Check this example:
Firstly,Despiteallthe money professional sports players earn every year, they work for only a few years – they usually retire when they are in
their thirties.In addition,many of them have to retire earlierbecausethey get injured and have to stop playing.
Arguments. Paragraph 3
Give more reasons and again provide examples, facts or supporting ideas. For example:
Secondly,sports stars are celebrities, and all celebrities lose their privacy. Journalists, paparazzi and fans follow them everywhere, and they want
to get pictures or talk to them all the time.Moreover,now anyone can take photos with their mobile phone and publish them at any moment on
their social media accounts.
Conclusion. Paragraph 4
Summarise your ideas and repeat your opinion.
To sum up,I believetop professional sports players have the salaries they deservebecausetheir careers are short andbecauseduring those
years, their personal lives are affected by their popularity.
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Useful language
Sequencing your text
Use connectors to sequence and structure your ideas:
Firstly/First of all, …
Secondly/Thirdly, …
Finally, …
Adding more points or ideas
Use connectors to introduce additional ideas:
