Friday, November 7, 2014

Opinion Writing Notes

3 types of onion writing 
  • opinion writing allows writers to take a stand on issues that are important to them and make recommendations. 
THREE TYPES OF STORIES
  • 1. editorial (the official voice of the newspaper) 
  • 2. column (a personal opinion by one writer)
  • 3. Review (an opinion story that evaluates an event, product or service rather than taking a stand on an issue)
  • 1. editorials (OP-Ed) page
  • 2.News sections, represents opinion of individual writings
  • Editorials are the official opinion of the newspaper. 
  • A column gives the point of view of just the person writing it. 
  • Reviews: focus on things readers may want to try.
TYPES OF EDITORIALS 
  • argument 
  • criticism 
  • commendation 
  • explanation 
  • Argument: these editorials take sides on a controversial topic and offer argument for why that opinion is best 
  • Criticism: an editorial of criticism shines light inn a problem in the community(or the world)
  • Commendation: to commend means to praise, and an editorial of commendation praises something good going on in the community 
  • Explanation: an editorial of explanation may take a stand but the goal is to explain an in-depth issue rather than argue a point 
   EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS
  • evidence refers to facts that support reasons for your claims.
TYPES OF EVIDENCE 
  • 1.statistical; use the results of measurements surveys, experiments & observations.
  • 2.Authoritative; appeals to authority 
  • 3.Anecdotal; are stories that illustrate a point. 
  • 4.Analogical; compares 2 different things to determine how something unknown may work. 

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