Lotteries Fill in the missing parts of an opinion paragraph about lotteries. ATTENTION GETTER: ___________________________________________________________ TOPIC SENTENCE : I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT LOTTERIES ARE A WASTE OF MONEY. SUPPORTING DETAILS The supporting details are included after the reasons. They are the arguments that support your reason Example: Reason 1: lotteries are a waste of money Supporting detail: _____________________________________________ To begin with, I strongly believe that lotteries are a waste of money. Every time we buy a lottery ticket __________________________________________________________________________ Reason 2: Lotteries are addictive Supporting detail: If you don’t win, ___________________________________ Another reason is that playing the lottery is addictive. When we buy a lottery ticket and we don’t win, _____________________________________________________________________________. Reason 3: lotteries are not a really good way to make money. Supporting detail: ________________________________________ Finally, I consider that playing the lottery is not a really good way to make money because we can’t use our abilities or skills to win the lottery. ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION: You can use any of these transition words to beggin your conclusion To sum up, in brief, in short, to conclude, all in all, in conclusion. Example: To conclude, I believe that it is not a good idea to buy lottery tickets because _________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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