Dear Students,
There are THREE different types of opinion essays:
This is the type of essay where you try to convince the reader to adopt your position on an issue or point of view. Here your rationale, your argument, is most important. You are presenting an opinion and trying to persuade readers, you want to win readers over to your point of view.
Persuasive Essays (expressing an opinion)
This is the type of essay where you present your opinion on a short theme, idea or issue. The expository essay is used to give a personal response to a certain topic.
Expository Essays (presenting an opinion)
This is the type of essay where you prove that your opinion about an issue is correct or more truthful than those of others. In short, it is very similar to the persuasive essay (see above), but the difference is that you are arguing for your opinion as opposed to others, rather than directly trying to persuade someone to adopt your point of view.
Argumentative Essay (for and against)
In the following website you will find instructions for writing opinion essays (steps to follow) and examples of opinion essays. http://writefix.com/
