by lanoe

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In an opinion essay, we express and justify our personal opinion on a particular

subject. Its not exactly to present for and against arguments but rather to
put ourselves in a position on the topic and defend it.

TOPIC: Does the Internet cause more harm than good?

Do you think travelling enriches a persons life in a sense?

PLAN: MODEL: Everyone has the right to decide

when and how to die

Although there are some people who believe that everyone

INTRODUCTION should have the right to decide when and how to die, as far as I am
State the topic and concerned death is something we should not try to control. In fact, in
your opinion about it my opinion death should not depend on our will but rather it should be
something involuntary and unpredictable for everyone.

First of all, consider a natural reason: If we take death as a

BODY natural process in every human beings life, it can be understood as a
Justify your opinions fact which is not under our control in the same way as birth is not
by giving facts and under our control either. We dont decide when to be born and for the
examples. When you same reason we should not have the right to decide when to die. With
introduce a new this I mean, of course, that not only shouldnt we decide when to die
idea, begin a new but also nobody else should decide it. No one has the right to put an
paragraph. end to another persons life and in addition I think that we dont have
this right either.
LINGUISTIC
FEATURES: use of Secondly, there are other reasons why I disagree with this
as many links as statement. As I see it, when someone takes the decision to die, he/she
possible. might not be thinking reasonably. For example, someone who plans to
commit suicide could change his/her mind if another person
empathizes with him/her and lend him/her a helping hand.
Furthermore, regarding euthanasia I think that a person should have
the strength to learn to live happily even in the worst conditions.
Otherwise, that person would make his/her family and friends very
unhappy.

Therefore, in short, it is clear that this topic is food for

CONCLUSION
thought but anyway I have sound reasons to believe that we shouldnt
Sums up the topic.
have the right to decide when and how to die because however
Refers back to the
miserable life might be, it is also a wonderful experience. My advice
opening. States
for everyone is enjoy life, carpe diem and make people happy.
opinion.
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USEFUL VOCABULARY: LINKING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

INTRODUCTION & BODY CONCLUSION
In my opinion First In conclusion
As I see it First To sum up
of all In short
As far as I am concerned Firstly In a nutshell
It seems to me that In brief
Second On the whole
It is clear that To summarize
Secondly
I think/feel/believe
Besides
I agree/disagree In
addition (to)
Obviously Clearly
Personally
(Un)fortunately
Of course