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Writing to Support Your Opinion
Directions: An author tries to convince a reader that his or her opinion is correct by giving evidence. Writers often use one of these four kinds of evidence to convince a reader: FACTS, EXAMPLES, QUOTES FROM EXPERTS, and REFERENCES/DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS. Before writing your essay, brainstorm and research to fill out the chart below. Your audience will be much more likely to believe you! Use can use the facts from the course resources for your information.
FACTS
The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for more than 440,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.
If nobody smoked, one of every three cancer deaths would not happen.
Nonsmokers who live with smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than other nonsmoking adult.
Smoking causes increased health risk.
EXAMPLES
After ten years of not smoking the risk of getting lung cancer is reduced to half that of a smoker.
Cancer causes kidney, lung, pancreatic, stomach and many more cancers.
Children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home are more likely to cough and wheeze and to have middle ear problems.
Coronary heart disease and stroke increased chance to 2 to 4 times. Men developing lung cancer 23 times and women are 13 times.
QUOTES FROM EXPERTS
“I wish that I had never smoked. I can’t go back and change the past. But I can help people who are looking to change the future and making a better pave to live.” – Robert Kynerd, M.D.”
“I find it hard to believe that anybody, even heavy smokers, would want to intentionally hut somebody” –Beth Chapman
“I was also diagnosed with COPD; I can’t do the little things like go to the park or church because I can’t be around smoke.” – Linda Tipton
“You could tell something was different, it was great.”- Maz Mulla
REFERENCES or DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS
“I come from a family of smokers… As a child I had smoke allergies that were constantly aggravated at the
Directions: An author tries to convince a reader that his or her opinion is correct by giving evidence. Writers often use one of these four kinds of evidence to convince a reader: FACTS, EXAMPLES, QUOTES FROM EXPERTS, and REFERENCES/DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS. Before writing your essay, brainstorm and research to fill out the chart below. Your audience will be much more likely to believe you! Use can use the facts from the course resources for your information.
FACTS
The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for more than 440,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.
If nobody smoked, one of every three cancer deaths would not happen.
Nonsmokers who live with smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer than other nonsmoking adult.
Smoking causes increased health risk.
EXAMPLES
After ten years of not smoking the risk of getting lung cancer is reduced to half that of a smoker.
Cancer causes kidney, lung, pancreatic, stomach and many more cancers.
Children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home are more likely to cough and wheeze and to have middle ear problems.
Coronary heart disease and stroke increased chance to 2 to 4 times. Men developing lung cancer 23 times and women are 13 times.
QUOTES FROM EXPERTS
“I wish that I had never smoked. I can’t go back and change the past. But I can help people who are looking to change the future and making a better pave to live.” – Robert Kynerd, M.D.”
“I find it hard to believe that anybody, even heavy smokers, would want to intentionally hut somebody” –Beth Chapman
“I was also diagnosed with COPD; I can’t do the little things like go to the park or church because I can’t be around smoke.” – Linda Tipton
“You could tell something was different, it was great.”- Maz Mulla
REFERENCES or DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS
“I come from a family of smokers… As a child I had smoke allergies that were constantly aggravated at the
References: or DESCRIPTIONS OF REAL EVENTS “I come from a family of smokers… As a child I had smoke allergies that were constantly aggravated at the holidays when the family gathered together and smoked indoors.” – Stephanie Cranford “Birmingham is smoke free… What’s great now is that I have the privilege of staying inside, and I don’t have to be around smoke.” – Fred Weaver “I know a lot of people who wouldn’t go to certain bars because they were so smoky, now that’s not an issue.” – Robert Ballard “I wish all work places in Muscle Shoats were smoke free so that everybody would be protected.”- David Hood Adapted from: Content Area Reading Graphic Organizers from William McBride, Ph.D. and Ronald Klemp, Ed.D., Just Read Coaches Conference, 2005. **Remember to make a video, power point or word document for your persuasive, factual PSA. **