OPINION PIECE MATCHING ACTIVITY

Write the term from the text box below beside the correct definition.  Each term must be used once.  Each term may not be used more than once.  Submit to your teacher for marking.

Audience                              Explanation                       Thesis
Body paragraphs                  Hook                                 Tone
Concluding statement          Informal                             Topic sentence
Conclusion                           Introductory paragraph      Transitional words or 
Example                               Supporting ideas                    phrases

1.   ________________ The attitude you convey as you express your opinions about the topic.

2.   ________________ reasons to support your thesis

3.   ________________ For example:  first of all, on the contrary, as a result, and in other words

4.   ________________ signals the end of the paragraph

5.   ________________ provide the facts, examples and explanations that support each idea proving your thesis. 

6.   ________________ This is a detailed description of how the example relates and supports your opinion of the topic.

7.   ________________ states your main idea or opinion, which you are to prove and support throughout the opinion piece.

8.   ________________ influences your style of writing such as vocabulary, sentence structure and the proofs or evidence you use to support your thesis.

9.   ________________ attracts the readers’ attention

10. ________________ summarizes what you have covered in the opinion piece 

11. ________________ serves the purpose of introducing the topic of your opinion piece

12. ________________ states what the paragraph is about.  It must correspond to the thesis.

13. ________________ An item of information that illustrates or reinforces an idea. 

14. ________________ relaxed style of writing that follows a less rigid structure