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Opinion Essay Nasıl Yazılır? [10 Örnekle Basitleştirilmiş Anlatım]

Opinion essay, bir konu hakkında görüşünüzü gerektiren resmi bir yazı parçasıdır. Opinion essay’de fikriniz açıkça belirtilmelidir. Bakış açıları, bulduğunuz örnekler ve açıklamalarla desteklenir. Opinion essay, agree or disagree essay olarak da bilir ve  IELTS’de sıklıkla karşımıza çıkar.

Bu yazımızda size opinion essay nedir, opinion essay nasıl yazılır, opinion essay örnekler, opinion essay kalıpları gibi konulardan bahsedeceğiz. Eğer bu gibi konularda danışmanlık almak isterseniz sağ altta bulunan mesaj bölümünden, iletişim kısmından ya da [email protected] ’dan bize ulaşabilirsiniz.

Bu derste, bunları nasıl planlayacağınızı ve adım adım nasıl yazacağınızı göstereceğiz. Opinion essay makalemiz şu bölümlerden oluşacak:

• Opinion essay yazarken sıklıkla yapılan 3 hata
• Opinion essay structure
• Essay planlaması
• Opinion essay introduction nasıl yazarız?
• Opinion essay body paragraflarını nasıl yazarız?
• Opinion essay conclusion paragrafını nasıl yazarız?

İçindekiler

• 1 Opinion Essay Yazarken Sıklıkla Yapılan 3 Hata
• 2.1.1 Essay sorusunda hangi tarafı tutacağınıza karar verin.
• 2.1.2 Fikir üretin.
• 2.1.3 Kelime bilgisi önemlidir.
• 3.1.1 Essay sorusunu paraphrase edin.
• 3.1.2 Opinion Essay Thesis Statement nasıl yazılır?
• 3.2.1 Body Paragrafı (1)
• 3.2.2 Body Paragrafı (2)
• 3.3 Opinion Essay Conclusion Paragrafı Nasıl Yazılır?
• 3.4  Bitmiş Opinion Essay Örneği
• 4 Opinion Essay Kalıpları
• 5.1 Opinion Essay Örnekleri
• 5.2 Opinion Essay Örnekleri
• 5.3 Opinion Essay Örneği
• 6 Opinion Paragraf Örneği
• 7 Opinion Essay Konuları

Opinion Essay Yazarken Sıklıkla Yapılan 3 Hata

Bu üç hata, opinion essay’lerde oldukça yaygındır.

• Görüş belirtmemek.
• Her iki görüş için argümanlar vermek.
• Fikrinizi açık nedenlerle desteklememek.

Öğrencilerin yaptığı en yaygın hata bir görüş belirtmemektir. Opinion essay’de sorulan soru, argümanın bir tarafını seçmeniz gerektiğini açıkça belirtmektedir. Görüş belirtmezseniz, çok düşük bir puan alırsınız. Tartışmanın hangi tarafında yer aldığınızın bir önemi yoktur. Önemli olan iyi bir argüman geliştirebileceğiniz görüşü seçmektir. Essay boyunca fikrinizi değiştirmemeli ve karşı görüşü destekleyecek argümanlar yazmamalısınız.

Opinion Essay Structure 

Şimdi opinion essay yazmak için kullanabileceğiniz basit bir yapıyı inceleyelim. Bu mümkün olan tek yapı değildir, ancak öğrenmesi kolay olduğu ve hızlı bir şekilde planlayıp üst düzey bir esssay yazmanıza olanak tanıdığı için önerdiğimiz bir yapıdır.

1. Introduction

• Soruyu paraphrase edin.
• Görüşünüzü söyleyin.
• Görüşünüzü destekleyici iki neden belirtin
• Görüşünüzü özetleyen thesis statement’inizi  yazın

2. Body Paragrafı (1)

• Paragrafı özetleyen ve paragrafta savunacağınız görüşü içeren topic sentence’inizi yazın – bu görüşü destekleyen için 1. nedeni ana hatlarıyla belirtin
• Açıklama – bu fikri açıklayın
• Örnek – bir örnek verin veya fikri genişletin

3. Body paragrafı (2)

4. Conclusion paragrafı

• Görüşünüzü ve bu görüşü savunmaktaki temel nedenleri özetleyin

Bu yapı bize 4 paragraftan oluşan dengeli bir essay verecektir.

Opinion Essay Planlama Aşaması

Essay sorusunda hangi tarafı tutacağınıza karar verin..

Opinion essay yazma süreci görüşün seçilmesi ile başlar. Üzerinde çalışmayı seçtiğiniz soru oldukça basit ve anlaşılması kolay olmalıdır, kolay bir konu seçmeniz onu analiz etmek için harcayacağınız zamanı düşürecektir. O halde ilk görev, görüşümüze karar vermektir.

Soru:  A big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree?

Bu essay için, ifadeye katılmayacağız ve işten tatmin olmanın yüksek bir maaştan daha önemli olduğu görüşünü savunacağız.

Fikir üretin.

İkinci görev, essay’de savunmak için bazı fikirler üretmektir. İşten tatmin olmanın yüksek maaştan daha önemli olduğunu savunacağımız için bu görüşü destekleyecek fikirlere ihtiyacımız var.

Bu özel soruyla, hemen iş tatmininin yüksek maaştan daha önemli olduğu ortaya çıkan birkaç duruma örnek düşündüm, bu yüzden fikir üretmenin ‘örnek yöntemini’ kullanacağım.

Bir veya iki örnek düşündükten sonra, makalenize dahil edeceğiniz fikirler size kolayca gelmelidir.

Fikirlerimi okumaya devam etmeden önce bunu kendiniz denemek isteyebilirsiniz.

İşte örneklerim ve ürettikleri bazı fikirler.

Her iki örnek de kısmen doğru ama onları makaleye daha iyi uyacak şekilde uyarladım. Muayene eden kişi gerçeklerinizi kontrol etmeyeceğinden bunu yapmanızda bir sakınca yoktur.

Berkut Amca – yüksek maaşla övünürdü ama işinden nefret ederdi. Sinir krizi geçirdi- işini kaybetti ve şuan çalışamıyor. Ben – öğretmenliği bıraktım. Şimdi işimden zevk alıyorum ve çok daha az para kazanmama rağmen çok daha rahat ve mutluyum.

• Yüksek maaşlı işler genellikle daha streslidir
• Stres hem zihinsel hem de fiziksel sağlığa yol açar
• Haftada 40 saat – günün üçte biri ediyor
• Para mutluluk getirmez
• Daha iyi yaşam kalitesi daha önemlidir
• Daha az stresli – daha sağlıklı ve daha mutlu yaşam daha önemlidir

Bu fikirler silsilesinde ihtiyacımız olandan daha fazla fikrimiz var, bu yüzden essay’de geliştirmek için iki tane seçeceğiz; daha sonra body paragraflarımızın her biri için bir tane seçeceğiz.

Fikir 1 – Yüksek maaşlı işler genellikle daha streslidir ve sağlıksızlığa yol açabilir.

Fikir 2 – İş tatmini (job satisfaction) bir hayatta bir tatmin duygusu (sense of fulfilment) verir.

Kelime bilgisi önemlidir.

Bir opinion essay’de, aynı şeyleri farklı şekillerde, farklı kelimeler kullanarak ve/veya eş anlamlı sözcükler kullanarak söyleyebilmek önemlidir. Planlama aşamasında, yazarken durup doğru dili düşünmek zorunda kalmamak için kullanabileceğiniz birkaç eş anlamlı anahtar kelimeyi hızlıca not edin.

• job – work, employment, position
• important – significant, valued, has more meaning
• salary – income, wages, pay, earnings
• satisfaction – fulfilment, achievement, sense of accomplishment, content, sense of well-being

Bunu yaptıktan sonra, essay’in ilk paragrafına, yani introduction’a odaklanabiliriz.

Opinion Essay Nasıl Yazılır?

Opinion Essay introduction Paragrafı Nasıl Yazılır?

İyi bir introduction, 4 parçadan oluşan basit bir yapıya sahiptir:

• Paraphrase edilmiş essay question
• Konu hakkında background information
• Thesis statement
• Outline statement

Opinion essay nasıl yazılır adım adım anlatan bu makaleyi okurken kendi opinion essay’inizi yazmak isterseniz Essay Sepeti’nin uzman hocalarınız hazırladığı opinion essay outline kullanarak kendi essay’inizi yazabilirsiniz.

Essay sorusunu paraphrase edin.

Opinion Essay introduction paragrafına soruyu paraphrase ederek başlayın.

Soru:  A big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree? Paraphrase edilmiş soru: It is argued that earning lots of money has more significance to people than being content in their work.

Yukarda belirttiğimiz eş anlamlı sözcüklerden bazılarını kullandığımızı fark etmişsinizdir, ancak gerekirse bir veya iki kelimeyi tekrar etmenizde sakınca yoktur. Her şeyden önce, diliniz kulağa doğal gelmelidir.

Opinion Essay Thesis Statement nasıl yazılır?

Opinion essay’de, thesis statement, görüşünüzü belirttiğiniz yerdir. Örneğin,

Thesis statement:

Bu essay, essay sorusuyla aynı fikirde değildir.

Tüm anlatmanız gereken budur.

Essay question’daki ifadeye katılmaya karar verirseniz, şunu yazabilirsiniz:

Bu essay, essay sorusuyla aynı fikirdedir.

Ama bunları söylerken de yukarıda belirttiğimiz cümleyi kullanmayacaksınız. Anlamı bu cümleye çıkan ve görüşünüzü özetleyen bir cümle kullanacaksınız, ama bu cümle essay question’a ya katıldığınızı ya da katılmadığınızı özetleyecek.

Thesis statement’i yazın.

Son olarak introduction bölümünde, essay’in geri kalanında ele alacağınız iki ana noktayı (yukarıdaki fikir 1 ve 2) özetlemelisiniz.

Bunu tek bir cümlede yapmalı veya uygunsa bunları thesis statement’in sonuna eklemelisiniz. Bu durumda thesis statement söyle görünecektir:

I believe that individuals are increasingly concerned about the risk of stress-related health problems which are occasionally experienced by employees in highly paid positions and they care more about feeling fulfilled at work.

O halde tüm opinion essay introduction paragrafını bir araya getirelim:

It is argued that earning lots of money has more significance to people than being content in their work. This essay totally disagrees with that statement.I believe that individuals are increasingly concerned about the risk of stress-related health problems which are occasionally experienced by employees in highly paid positions and they care more about feeling fulfilled at work.

Bu introduction paragrafı, üç önemli işlevi yerine getirmektedir:

• Hocanıza soruyu anladığınızı gösterir.
• Essay’inizin ne hakkında olduğu konusunda hocanıza bir rehber görevi görür.
• Ayrıca yazarken odaklanmanıza ve yoldan sapmamanıza yardımcı olur.

Introduction paragrafınızdaki iki fikir, iki body paragrafınızda ele alınacaktı.r

• Body paragraf 1 – strese bağlı sağlık sorunları riskine ilişkin endişeler
• Body paragraf 2 – işte tatmin duygusu

Opinion Essay Body Paragrafı Nasıl Yazılır?

İyi bir body paragrafının yapısı 3 kısımdan oluşur:

• Topic sentence
• Açıklamalar

Aklınıza bir örnek gelmiyorsa, daha fazla destekleyici fikir ekleyebilirsiniz, ancak zaten iki örneğimiz var, bu yüzden burada bir sorun yok.

IELTS opinion essay için body paragrafları yazarken yaygın bir sorun, çok fazla fikre sahip olmaktır. Yine de, bu makalede üzerine konuşacağımız iki fikri çoktan seçtik, bu yüzden hepimiz yazmaya başlamaya hazırız. Planlama aşamasının ne kadar önemli olduğunu ve essay’in yazılmasını nasıl daha hızlı ve kolay hale getirdiğini görebilirsiniz.

Body Paragrafı (1)

Topic sentence paragrafın ana fikrini özetler. Fikirlerinizin mantıksal olarak birinden diğerine akmasını sağlamada da önemli bir rol oynar. Opinion essay topic sentece ı, daha sonra ne olacağına, yani paragrafın ne hakkında olacağına dair bir işaret direği olarak görebilirsiniz

Essay’iniz boyunca net bir fikir gelişimini sürdürürseniz, task achievement, cohesion ve coherence kısımlarından yüksek notlar alırsınız.

Şimdi ilk body paragrafımız için fikri alacağız ve topic sentence’lerimizi oluşturacağız.

Topic sentence: Employees who earns a large income are occasionally under noteworthy emotional and mental pressure to perform well and achieve business related targets.

Ardından, bir açıklama cümlesi yazmalıyız. Bu cümle, hocanıza ne demek istediğimizi açıklar. Bunun yanı sıra da topic sentence’da belirttiğimiz fikrimizi genişletir.

Açıklama cümlesi: This causes many people to suffer from high levels of stress which may lead to both physical and mental health issues.

Son olarak, main point’imizi desteklemek için bir örnek ekliyoruz. Bunu planlama aşamasında düşündük ve kullanıma hazır hale getirdik.

Örnek cümle: This happened to my dad. He used to brag about his huge salary; however, his boss kept increasing his sales targets and in the end, the stress became too great to handle and he experienced a nervous breakdown. Now he regrets being driven by the money.

İlk body paragrafımızın 3 kısmı tamamlandı. Body paragrafımızın bitmiş hali ise şu şekilde:

Employees who earns a large income are occasionally under noteworthy emotional and mental pressure to perform well and achieve business related targets. This causes many people to suffer from high levels of stress which may lead to both physical and mental health issues.This happened to my dad. He used to brag about his huge salary; however, his boss kept increasing his sales targets and in the end, the stress became too great to handle and he experienced a nervous breakdown. Now he regrets being driven by the money.

Body Paragrafı (2)

İlk olarak, ana fikri özetlemek için topic sentence yazıyoruz.

Opinion essay topic sentece:  Having a job that they enjoy doing, and in which they feel respected and valued, is a fundamental concern for most of the employees.

Açıklama cümlesi: A noteworthy number of individuals are giving up well-paid positions to do jobs with less salaries but that they find less stressful enjoyable and more enjoyable.

Son olarak, main point’imizi destekleyecek bir örnek vermeliyiz. Daha önce olduğu gibi, bunu planlama aşamasında düşünmüştük, bu yüzden sadece birkaç cümle haline getirmemiz gerekiyor.

Örnek cümle:  I am an example for this case. A year ago I left the teaching profession, since the workload had become too much and I now become a gardener. I feel pretty fulfilled in this work and I am much more happy and relaxed although I earn far less money.

İkinci body paragrafımızın 3 kısmı tamamlandı. Body paragrafımızın bitmiş hali ise şu şekilde:

Having a job that they enjoy doing, and in which they feel respected and valued, is a fundamental concern for most of the employees.  A noteworthy number of individuals are giving up well-paid positions to do jobs with less salaries but that they find less stressful enjoyable and more enjoyable. I am an example for this case. A year ago I left the teaching profession, since the workload had become too much and I now become a gardener. I feel pretty fulfilled in this work and I am much more happy and relaxed although I earn far less money.

Şimdi opinion essay’imizi bitirmek için bir conclusion paragrafı yazmamız gerekiyor.

Opinion Essay Conclusion Paragrafı Nasıl Yazılır?

Conclusion 2 şeye yarar:

• Ana noktaları özetlemeye
• Görüşümüzü belirtmeye

Conclusion, essay’de yazması en kolay cümledir, ancak en önemlilerinden biridir.

İyi bir conclusion:

• Yazıyı düzgünce bitir
• Tüm fikirlerinizi birbirine bağlar
• Argümanınızı veya görüşünüzü özetler
• Essay sorusunu cevaplar

Bunu başarırsanız, hem task achievement hem de genel notların %50’sini oluşturan cohesion ve coherence bölümlerinde puanınızı artırırsınız. Bir IELTS opinion essay hemen hemen her son paragrafına şu kelimelerle başlayabilirsiniz:

In conclusion,

Consequently,

Şimdi tek yapmanız gereken, ana fikirleri tek bir cümlede kısaca özetlemek.

İpucu: Geri dönün ve essay’in introduction paragrafını okuyun çünkü bu paragraf aynı zamanda essay’in bir özetidir. Harika bir sonuç yaratmak için, sadece introduction paragrafını yorumlamanız gerekir. Hadi bakalım.

Introduction paragrafımız şöyle idi:

Conclusion paragrafımız ise böyle olacak:

Consequently, for majority of the people, earning a good amount of salary is less significant than the job satisfaction since the negative effects of work-related stress and the desire to feel happy and fulfilled at work.

 Bitmiş Opinion Essay Örneği

Bitmiş olan tüm essay’imiz ise şöyle oldu. Burada sizin daha iyi incelemeniz için toplu halde veriyoruz:

Opinion Essay Kalıpları

Opinion essay yazarken kullanabileceğiniz essay kalıpları ve transition word’lerden bazıları şöyledir:

Bir konudaki fikrimizi söylerken:

• I believe that: İnanıyorum ki
• I strongly- sturdily- intensely -toughly -solidly believe that: Çok – kuvvetle  inanıyorum ki
• I think: Bence
• I think / from my point of view / in my opinion: Benim bakış açıma göre düşünüyorum ki
• When considered: Düşünüldüğünde
• As a matter of fact that… : Şu da gerçek ki…

Bir şeyin ehemmiyetini anlatırken:

• …It’s important to keep in mind that:  Şunun da akılda tutulması önemli ki
• …It’s better to note that: … Şunun da vurgulanması iyi olacaktır.

Cause effect kalıpları:

• So – thus – therefore – hence – consequently – accordingly : Bu nedenle
• From all the reasons stated above / below / beyond : Yukardaki, aşağıdaki, ilerdeki konuşulan / konuşulacak nedenlerden dolayı

Bir şeyin öneminden bahsederken:

• It’s crucial / vital / essential / significant / worthy / noteworthy / substantial to keep in mind that : Göz önünde tutulması kuvvetle önemli ki
• It’s better if it’s considered: Sorgulanması önemlidir ki

Paragraf başlarında kullanılacak kelimeler

• At glance: İlk bakışta
• First of all / initially / primarily:  İlk olarak, öncelikle

Opinion Essay Örnekleri

Yukarıdaki yazımızda opinion essay örnekleri vermiştir. Burada öğretmenin feedback’i ile düzeltilmiş opinion essay örneği vereceğiz.

Opinion essay örnekleri – Essay Sepeti

Opinion Essay örneği – Essay Sepeti

Opinion Essay Örneği

Opinion Paragraf Örneği

Bu kısımda ise size opinion essay örneği başlığı altında bir opinion paragrafı örneği vereceğiz.

“Working with gifted children would be both a joy and a frustration. To comprehend why, we are essential to be vivid about delineations. A gifted student is one whose intellect – characteristically labeled as an IQ mark ensuing from one or supplementary examinations – is 130 or beyond. That is, giftedness is an extent of inborn ability, not enactment. The outcome is a paradox. A striving student who works solid, receives all the A’s, and obey the rules in classroom would not be gifted.

A student who doesn’t accomplish the tasks well and not get A’s, is troublemaking, and fools around in classroom would well be gifted. This can be frustrating for class teachers. Just as you familiarize to the requirements of incapacitated students, working with gifted students would necessitate class and syllabus alterations. Nonetheless the outcomes would be exceedingly gratifying for both instructors and students. These resources might be helpful in recognizing and working with gifted students.

On the other hand, working with gifted students might be a gift, truly. Their intellect would show the possibilities among the existing ones therefore the problems and drawbacks in daily lives we encounter deteriorate and fresh ideas starts to flourish to overcome the situation.

Consequently, working with gifted students would be good and bad. They can frustrate you or be a light to you. Therefore, the teacher plays a vital role upon them, shaping them like the mud.”

Opinion Essay Konuları

Bu türün konuları birbirinden çok farklı olabilir. Ama unutulmaması gerekir  ki genel konular tartışmalı yerlerden gelecektir. Mesela sigara toplu yerlerde içilmeli mi içilmemeli mi, doğum kontrolü yapılmalı mı yapılmamalı mı ya da ötenaziye izin verilmeli mi verilmemeli mi gibi konulardan gelebilir. Genel kültürünüzü geliştirmek ve “thinking out of the box” size bu gibi konularda avantaj sağlayabilir.

2 thoughts on “ Opinion Essay Nasıl Yazılır? [10 Örnekle Basitleştirilmiş Anlatım] ”

opinion essayde transition kelimelerini body paragrafı ilk cümlesinde kullanmak dogru olur mu acaba hocam? Cümle çok uzuyor kullanınca ama sanki konunun iki tarafını tartışmakda iyi görünüyor essayde

Selin merhabalar,

Çok uzatmamak kaydı ile doğru olabilir anlatılan konuya göre. Essay topic’i hep kendi tarafımızdan anlatmamalıyız zaten, thesis’imiz de main idea’larımız da yanlışlanabilir olmalı. “Doğayı tahrip etmek kötüdür” şekilde bir thesis statement olmaz, çünkü bu cümlenin doğruluğu tartışılamaz. Biz essay’lerimizi tartışılabilir cümleler üzerine yazarız. Selamlar.

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Step-by-Step Guide on How to Write an Opinion Essay + Examples

A personal opinion essay is an essential part of an educational process. Wherever you study, you will surely come across this kind of work. And if you’re stuck with finding ideas, you have come to the right place. In this article, you will learn all the intricacies of writing and get some good opinion essay topics.

Let’s start!

🤔 What Is an Opinion Essay?

🖊️ how to write an opinion essay.

• 🔗 Linkers and Transition Words

💡 Opinion Essay Ideas

👨‍🎓 opinion essay examples.

An opinion essay is a type of work that involves the expression of one’s own opinion, which has become the product of processing facts and arguments. However, this does not mean there should be no argumentation in the essay. It will be a big plus if you have a couple of examples from your own life or the lives of historical figures, illustrating some facts in your stock. Writing an opinion essay requires the author to clearly state his thoughts on any occasion, without excessive water and long reasoning.

Among other things, it should be remembered that, technically, an opinion essay is a formal type of work that many graduates write at the end of their studies. And this means it has its structure and specific writing rules that must be adhered to. To fully understand the meaning of this type of work, try reading a couple of our free essay samples .

🎯 The Purpose of an Opinion Essay

An opinion essay is an excellent tool for teaching students how to express their position correctly. And also to test the depth of their knowledge and thinking. An opinion essay can help you to boost your skills:

• Ability to convey your thoughts . Regardless of the topic of the essay, the teacher wants to see that his wards, leaving the educational institution, will be independent individuals. Therefore, the student needs to show the ability to convey their thoughts on any occasion.
• Competent writing skills . Even in the modern world, writing skills do not lose their relevance. This type of work allows you to form it as efficiently as possible. So if you want to impress your boss, remember to pay attention to grammar and punctuation.
• Topic knowledge . Unfortunately, there is no error-free way to test a student’s ability. However, opinion essays allow the teacher to examine everyone and ensure that the topic has been mastered. This is especially true for subjects such as history and literature.

And, of course, you should understand that the purpose of any text is to be read. So just be creative, and you will have a fantastic essay!

🗝️ Key Features of an Opinion Essay

Like any other type of writing, an opinion essay has characteristics that make it unique. And, of course, to compose a competent text, you need to know about them.

• Focus on the author’s clear and well-reasoned subjective opinion . All proofs, as well as the conclusion, are based on it.
• Logical-based structure . Moreover, it entirely depends on the intentions of the writer.
• Examples and arguments come primarily from personal experience . However, an author may use history and social life quotes and examples of literary heroes to prove their position.
• Speech instruments used . As an author, you will benefit significantly from using a variety of speech constructs . They can help you influence other people. Connecting constructs and clear speech will keep the reader interested and get the most out of the reader.

You just need to get used to all the features to get a little practice. You will succeed!

⚖️ Argumentative, Opinion or Persuasive Essay: the Difference

Before proceeding directly to writing the text, it is worth learning one more important thing. Even towards the end of high school, many people confuse opinion and persuasive essays. These papers look similar.

To help you distinguish the argumentative, opinion, and persuasive essays, we prepare a table of comparisons where you can easily indicate the difference between these papers:

Now let’s move on to which sections the essay consists of and how it should be written. You can safely use this information as a synopsis when completing the assignment.

So, the first one!

📃 Opinion Essay Format

As mentioned earlier, a specific opinion essay structure must be followed. Therefore, before you prepare writing, make up a small outline, which will contain all the components of the text and your ideas for their content. So, how to start an opinion essay?

Opinion Essay Introduction

Of course, any text starts with a short opening. This section should summarize the essence of the problem you are writing about. The main task of the introduction is to entice the audience and familiarize them with the paper’s main topic. Therefore, by the first paragraph, a person will build an impression of your talents.

Moreover, remember that the introduction should be catchy. How to write a hook for an opinion essay? In simple words, this is a proposal that should interest the reader and draw his attention. It should be subject-related and relatively accurate. All you have to do is show the reader that the topic of the essay will be critical and even touch it.

Let’s take a look at some opinion essay introduction examples from our authors, in which you can see all the listed components:

• As Ronald Reagan said in one of his speeches, everyone who advocates abortion has been born. The topic of abortion is very controversial, and people still cannot come to a standard solution. That is why, in this abortion opinion essay, I will try to sort out my thoughts and answer whether abortion is a panacea or a hidden evil.
• Global warming is a global problem. As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aptly put it, we cannot sit back while our planet is on fire. But can one person influence the fate of all humanity? I think so, and in this essay, I will try to explain my position

Of course, these examples are conditional, and you can change them as you need to achieve a quality result.

Opinion Essay: Thesis Statement

The thesis statement is the final sentence of an introduction . It is an integral part of the entire text. And if your essay will be evaluated, then the absence of the thesis will significantly underestimate the point. So how do you write the last sentence competently so that the reader will like it?

At its core, in the thesis, you should summarize everything that you indicated in the introduction and, in a nutshell, make it clear what will be discussed. You are expected to state your position on the issue clearly. And then, the entire text should be directed precisely to reinforce your words.

For example, take this essay topic: “ Is globalization a positive phenomenon? ” In this case, a good thesis would be “ In my opinion, globalization has many more advantages than disadvantages. ”

See how one small phrase can dramatically improve your overall performance score. Therefore, pay due attention to it!

Opinion Essay: Body Paragraphs

Finally, you come to the main body of your essay, namely the argumentation. The body paragraphs of an opinion essay are aimed at correctly explaining the author’s position to the audience. Here you are expected to have good arguments and examples that will become your assistants in proving your case.

Body paragraphs have two parts: an argument and an example supporting what you said. For example, you might say that the lack of responsibility for actions leads to the corruption of the mind and soul. And as an explanation to these words, briefly support your statement with the story of the protagonist of the novel by Jack London, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

Moreover, no one limits the number of these same arguments, and often it depends on the maximum volume of the text itself. The standard case is two good arguments, supported by examples from life or literature. Then you can be sure that the reader will correctly understand your idea.

🔗 Linkers and Transitional Words for Opinion Essay

Connecting structures are an invisible companion for the reader throughout the entire essay. They are also called linkers or transitional words . At their core, these two concepts mean the exact phrases. Their task is to make the text more readable and smoothly translate the reader from one idea to another. Moreover, all these constructions are divided into subgroups depending on their purpose. Let’s take a look at a couple of examples of good transition words for an opinion essay:

• In my opinion…
• It is clear that…, etc.
• It is widely known that…
• It is a well-known fact that…
• Research has shown that…
• There are definitely…
• It is a fact that…, etc.

There are also brilliant linkers for opinion essays on these themes:

• In spite of…
• However, etc.
• To conclude…
• In conclusion…, etc.

Using these constructions, you will significantly increase the consistency of your text and help the reader to perceive it better.

Now that you have a basic understanding of writing an essay, let’s look at some good opinion essay topics. Feel free to use them for your creative work and get good points.

💡 30 Opinion Essay Prompts

So, our team has selected 30 excellent opinion essay topics for you. Look for what resonates in your soul and get to work!

• Opinion essay: success in life depends on being successful at school. Many of us were assured that it is impossible to reach heights without a good performance at school. What do you think about it?
• Mobile phone addiction is the scourge of the 21st century. Give arguments from your life and tell about personal experiences.
• Opinion essay about GMO : pros and cons. For many, this topic remains a secret. It’s time to dispel all inaccuracies and find out the whole truth.
• Should university study be free? What is your position?
• Opinion essay about technologies in our life . What impact do they have?
• Compulsory vaccination : pros and cons. If you have any personal experience with this topic, feel free to share it.
• Opinion on abortion essay: do people have the right to choose?
• US neutrality in World War II : what would have gone differently?
• Opinion essay about video games. Is it an addiction or just leisure ? What do you think?
• Does the motivation from famous people have an effect, or is it a dummy? Do you have an opinion on this matter?
• Essay opinion on junk food : how dangerous it is. Everyone was warned that junk food and junk food kill the body, but maybe it’s all about the quantity?
• Parenting is the foundation of a child’s success. Do you think that the parents are responsible for the future education and work of their child?
• Opinion essay: buy nothing day or Black Friday sales. What do you choose and why?
• The advantages of living in a metropolis and a small town . Which would you choose?
• Essay: opinion about global warming . Do you think this is a real threat, or is it just a panic among people?
• Homemade food or dining out in restaurants? What do you and your family prefer?
• Social media impact opinion essay. Billions of people spend their time on social media. What consequences can this have for humanity?
• Consequences of increasing the budget for road construction. How will this affect our cities?
• Opinion essay: television promotes violence through broadcasting abusive behavior. Do you agree with this thesis?
• Humanity is destroying the ecosystem and making the earth uninhabitable. What arguments can be for and against?
• Opinion essay about homework : is this system outdated? How do you feel about this from a student’s point of view?
• Artists and internet bloggers make vast amounts of money. Do you support this?
• Opinion essay about racism in modern life. What are the dangers of this behavior? Tell us about your personal experience or give an example from the community’s life.
• Some people dream of changing their place of residence. Do you think that moving to another country will help you in self-realization?
• The best profession to choose opinion essay. What are your thoughts? Where would you like to be after finishing your studies?
• People prefer online communication over live communication. How do you feel about this trend?
• Opinion essay about same-sex marriages. For some people, this is unacceptable. What do you think about it?
• How can movies and television affect human behavior ? Do you think certain viewing films should be limited for people with a weak mentality?
• Opinion essay about immigration . Should the state provide maximum assistance to everyone who wants to get into it?
• Should people be allowed to carry weapons with them? What restrictions can be used, in your opinion?

These themes are ideal for getting good results.

Now let’s look at some small sample essays from our authors. You can see all the listed components and highlight some interesting ideas for yourself!

Climate change opinion essay, truth or fiction? (250 words)

Climate change has been heading the news for decades. Almost everyone is puzzled by this problem in the modern world, but is there any reason to believe that this is just exaggerated media panic? I think not, and in this essay, I will try to explain my position. The first thing worth paying attention to is the changes that we can see every day. But nature is changing, and this is noticeable with the naked eye. For example, you can look at how the temperature regime has changed over the past decades. In my region, real winter began in the last days of November. Then the temperature dropped to zero, and there was already snow outside the window. However, I would be thrilled to see snowfall this year, at least at Christmas. This raises questions about the veracity of statements from the media and various organizations. You should also look at the publicly available facts. International organizations conduct ongoing research, which clearly shows that the climate is changing, and it is difficult to fix it. One of the most respected teams, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), regularly issues climate change reports. And in them, you can see what reasons for this and what it can lead to. This is excellent and detailed work that deserves everyone’s attention. In summary, we can say that climate change can be seen with the naked eye. This problem affects all people on the planet, and to ignore it is to expose yourself to great danger. Humanity is destroying our world, and can we deny it?

Opinion on death penalty essay, is it moral? (300 words)

Many international treaties have long banned the death penalty, but this does not prevent several countries from regularly using it against criminals. I think this is a terrible practice that has no place in our civilized world. The argument for this may be the simple idea that every creature has a right to life. And this right cannot be taken away under any condition because you can take a dangerous path by creating an incident. One Russian scientist Andrei Sakharov spoke very accurately about this: “The existence of the institution of the death penalty dehumanizes society. I spoke out and am opposed to the death penalty also because this punishment provides for the presence of a constantly terrible apparatus of executors, the whole institution of the death penalty ”. I fully support his words because there is no reason not to kill the second after killing once. It should also be understood that people sentenced to death are not always, in fact, guilty. There is a miscarriage of justice, and no one can be insured against it. The most resonant was the story from 1949. Timothy Evans was hanged on charges of murdering his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter. Four years later, it wasn’t until serial killer John Christie, who had testified in court against Evans, confessed to the murder. He was hanged, and Timothy Evans was posthumously rehabilitated. The Timothy Evans case is one of the most remarkable stories in the death penalty dispute. To summarize, I can say that there are many reasons for the absolute ban on the death penalty in the world. This is not only inhuman but can lead to unnecessary deaths. Fighting crime in this way, the people who defend the law themselves break it.

Opinion essay on smoking: should the state intervene? (300 words)

Smoking is a global problem. Experts predict that in the coming decades, the number of smokers will reach one billion people worldwide. In my opinion, governments should take strict measures to limit nicotine use among the population. Firstly, smoking poses enormous hardships for addicts. All this can increase the number of cancer patients and people suffering from heart and lung diseases. At the same time, it can be tough to give up cigarettes on your own. We all understand that nicotine in quantities that a person receives from cigarettes is not characteristic of the body. Therefore, our body can react in an extraordinary way to its appearance. An example may well be my family, suffering from heart problems for several generations. All men, from my great-grandfather to my father, visit doctors all the time. And they all have one reason – excessive smoking. At the same time, they cannot quit smoking on their own due to a banal addiction. Secondly, smokers can damage the health of other people nearby. It is a well-known fact that secondhand smoke is no less harmful than the regular use of nicotine. And unfortunately, non-smokers, in most cases, have no choice. You can see it yourself in everyday life. People who are forced to breathe smoke while sitting at bus stops or in public places simply cannot do anything about it. The only way to help them is to introduce more and more restrictions from the state. So, in conclusion, we can say that smoking is not only a problem for the person addicted to cigarettes. Everyone suffers from this, from his family to strangers around him. Unfortunately, these difficulties cannot be resolved on their own. But is the state and society doing enough to help people with addiction?

❓ What Are the Characteristics of an Opinion?

The opinion is an entirely subjective position formed due to the influence of certain factors on the mind. It can be characterized as a personal judgment, point of view, and not an exact fact. However, an opinion can be valid only if it is supported by actual knowledge. Otherwise, it can be called more of a guess.

❓ How Many Paragraphs is an Opinion Essay?

The standard structure consists of four main parts: an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Nevertheless, if it is not specified in the assignment, it can deviate slightly from such a system. It is pretty standard practice to write three or more body paragraphs. Conversely, if one section fully covers the topic, then the need for other explanations may disappear.

❓ What Is the Structure of an Opinion Essay?

An essay structure is a precise sequence of your thoughts, which will help the reader to understand the topic better. The standard system consists of an introduction, two arguments, and a conclusion. In addition, there are less visible components like a hook, thesis statement, and linkers words. You can expand the structure by adding more argument parts. However, the sequence must remain the same.

❓ What Is a Supported Opinion Essay?

An essay based on a person’s personal opinion implies a clear statement of the author’s thoughts on a specific topic. However, to show understanding of the problem, one should rely on facts, research, or examples from life. A supported opinion essay is precisely when the author’s opinion is based on objective factors.

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• Hardly a week goes by without another report of …………….. appearing in the media.
• This raises the issue of whether ……………..
• Although most people would generally agree that …………… few would deny that …………….

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• It seems to me that ………… I would also say that ….
• I am convinced that ……………
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• One of the drawbacks of ……. is ……….
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• Those who object to …………….. often argue that ……………….
• Another objection is that ……
• However, it should not be forgotten that …………..
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• The world would surely be a better place to live in if …………..
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• The prospects for the future will be bleak/grim unless ……………….
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Media Companies Are Making a Huge Mistake With AI

News organizations rushing to absolve AI companies of theft are acting against their own interests.

In 2011, I sat in the Guggenheim Museum in New York and watched Rupert Murdoch announce the beginning of a “new digital renaissance” for news. The newspaper mogul was unveiling an iPad-inspired publication called The Daily . “The iPad demands that we completely reimagine our craft,” he said. The Daily shut down the following year, after burning through a reported $40 million.

For as long as I have reported on internet companies, I have watched news leaders try to bend their businesses to the will of Apple, Google, Meta, and more. Chasing tech’s distribution and cash, news firms strike deals to try to ride out the next digital wave. They make concessions to platforms that attempt to take all of the audience (and trust) that great journalism attracts, without ever having to do the complicated and expensive work of the journalism itself. And it never, ever works as planned.

Publishers like News Corp did it with Apple and the iPad, investing huge sums in flashy content that didn’t make them any money but helped Apple sell more hardware. They took payouts from Google to offer their journalism for free through search, only to find that it eroded their subscription businesses. They lined up to produce original video shows for Facebook and to reformat their articles to work well in its new app. Then the social-media company canceled the shows and the app. Many news organizations went out of business.

The Wall Street Journal recently laid off staffers who were part of a Google-funded program to get journalists to post to YouTube channels when the funding for the program dried up . And still, just as the news business is entering a death spiral, these publishers are making all the same mistakes, and more, with AI.

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Publishers are deep in negotiations with tech firms such as OpenAI to sell their journalism as training for the companies’ models. It turns out that accurate, well-written news is one of the most valuable sources for these models, which have been hoovering up humans’ intellectual output without permission. These AI platforms need timely news and facts to get consumers to trust them. And now, facing the threat of lawsuits, they are pursuing business deals to absolve them of the theft. These deals amount to settling without litigation. The publishers willing to roll over this way aren’t just failing to defend their own intellectual property—they are also trading their own hard-earned credibility for a little cash from the companies that are simultaneously undervaluing them and building products quite clearly intended to replace them.

Late last year Axel Springer, the European publisher that owns Politico and Business Insider , sealed a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars over several years. OpenAI has been offering other publishers $1 million to $5 million a year to license their content . News Corp’s new five-year deal with OpenAI is reportedly valued at as much as $250 million in cash and OpenAI credits. Conversations are heating up. As its negotiations with OpenAI failed, The New York Times sued the firm—as did Alden Global Capital, which owns the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune . They were brave moves, although I worry that they are likely to end in deals too.

That media companies would rush to do these deals after being so burned by their tech deals of the past is extraordinarily distressing. And these AI partnerships are far worse for publishers. Ten years ago, it was at least plausible to believe that tech companies would become serious about distributing news to consumers. They were building actual products such as Google News. Today’s AI chatbots are so early and make mistakes often. Just this week, Google’s AI suggested you should glue cheese to pizza crust to keep it from slipping off.

OpenAI and others say they are interested in building new models for distributing and crediting news, and many news executives I respect believe them. But it’s hard to see how any AI product built by a tech company would create meaningful new distribution and revenue for news. These companies are using AI to disrupt internet search—to help users find a single answer faster than browsing a few links. So why would anyone want to read a bunch of news articles when an AI could give them the answer, maybe with a tiny footnote crediting the publisher that no user will ever click on?

Companies act in their interest. But OpenAI isn’t even an ordinary business. It’s a nonprofit (with a for-profit arm) that wants to promote general artificial intelligence that benefits humanity—though it can’t quite decide what that means. Even if its executives were ardent believers in the importance of news, helping journalism wouldn’t be on their long-term priority list.

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That’s all before we talk about how to price the news. Ask six publishers how they should be paid by these tech companies, and they will spout off six different ideas. One common idea publishers describe is getting a slice of the tech companies’ revenue based on the percentage of the total training data their publications represent. That’s impossible to track, and there’s no way tech companies would agree to it. Even if they did agree to it, there would be no way to check their calculations—the data sets used for training are vast and inscrutable. And let’s remember that these AI companies are themselves struggling to find a consumer business model. How do you negotiate for a slice of something that doesn’t yet exist?

The news industry finds itself in this dangerous spot, yet again, in part because it lacks a long-term focus and strategic patience. Once-family-owned outlets, such as The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times , have been sold to interested billionaires. Others, like The Wall Street Journal , are beholden to the public markets and face coming generational change among their owners. Television journalism is at the whims of the largest media conglomerates, which are now looking to slice, dice, and sell off their empires at peak market value. Many large media companies are run by executives who want to live to see another quarter, not set up their companies for the next 50 years. At the same time, the industry’s lobbying power is eroding. A recent congressional hearing on the topic of AI and news was overshadowed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson . Tech companies clearly have far more clout than media companies.

Things are about to get worse. Legacy and upstart media alike are bleeding money and talent by the week. More outlets are likely to shut down, while others will end up in the hands of powerful individuals using them for their own agendas (see the former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s activist play for BuzzFeed ).

The long-term solutions are far from clear. But the answer to this moment is painfully obvious. Publishers should be patient and refrain from licensing away their content for relative pennies. They should protect the value of their work, and their archives. They should have the integrity to say no. It’s simply too early to get into bed with the companies that trained their models on professional content without permission and have no compelling case for how they will help build the news business.

Instead of keeping their business-development departments busy, newsrooms should focus on what they do best: making great journalism and serving it up to their readers. Technology companies aren’t in the business of news. And they shouldn’t be. Publishers have to stop looking to them to rescue the news business. We must start saving ourselves.

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Melinda French Gates: The Enemies of Progress Play Offense. I Want to Help Even the Match.

By Melinda French Gates

Ms. French Gates is a philanthropist and the founder of the charitable organization Pivotal.

Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for you.” I’ve carried those words with me ever since.

That’s why, next week, I will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , of which I was a co-founder almost 25 years ago, to open a new chapter in my philanthropy. To begin, I am announcing $1 billion in new spending over the next two years for people and organizations working on behalf of women and families around the world, including on reproductive rights in the United States.

In nearly 20 years as an advocate for women and girls, I have learned that there will always be people who say it’s not the right time to talk about gender equality. Not if you want to be relevant. Not if you want to be effective with world leaders (most of them men). The second the global agenda gets crowded, women and girls fall off.

It’s frustrating and shortsighted. Decades of research on economics , well-being and governance make it clear that investing in women and girls benefits everyone. We know that economies with women’s full participation have more room to grow. That women’s political participation is associated with decreased corruption. That peace agreements are more durable when women are involved in writing them. That reducing the time women spend in poor health could add as much as $1 trillion to the global economy by 2040.

And yet, around the world, women are seeing a tremendous upsurge in political violence and other threats to their safety, in conflict zones where rape is used as a tool of war, in Afghanistan where the Taliban takeover has erased 20 years of progress for women and girls, in many low-income countries where the number of acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women is soaring.

In the United States, maternal mortality rates continue to be unconscionable , with Black and Native American mothers at highest risk. Women in 14 states have lost the right to terminate a pregnancy under almost any circumstances. We remain the only advanced economy without any form of national paid family leave. And the number of teenage girls experiencing suicidal thoughts and persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness is at a decade high.

Despite the pressing need, only about 2 percent of charitable giving in the United States goes to organizations focused on women and girls, and only about half a percentage point goes to organizations focused on women of color specifically.

When we allow this cause to go so chronically underfunded, we all pay the cost. As shocking as it is to contemplate, my 1-year-old granddaughter may grow up with fewer rights than I had.

Over the past few weeks, as part of the $1 billion in new funding I’m committing to these efforts, I have begun directing new grants through my organization, Pivotal, to groups working in the United States to protect the rights of women and advance their power and influence. These include the National Women’s Law Center, the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

While I have long focused on improving contraceptive access overseas, in the post-Dobbs era, I now feel compelled to support reproductive rights here at home. For too long, a lack of money has forced organizations fighting for women's rights into a defensive posture while the enemies of progress play offense. I want to help even the match.

I’m also experimenting with novel tactics to bring a wider range of perspectives into philanthropy. Recently, I offered 12 people whose work I admire their own $20 million grant-making fund to distribute as he or she sees fit. That group — which includes the former prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, the athlete and maternal-health advocate Allyson Felix, and an Afghan champion of girls’ education, Shabana Basij-Rasikh — represents a wide range of expertise and experience. I’m eager to see the landscape of funding opportunities through their eyes, and the results their approaches unlock.

In the fall, I will introduce a $250 million initiative focused on improving the mental and physical health of women and girls globally. By issuing an open call to grass-roots organizations beyond the reach of major funders, I hope to lift up groups with personal connections to the issues they work on. People on the front lines should get the attention and investment they deserve, including from me.

As a young woman, I could never have imagined that one day I would be part of an effort like this. Because I have been given this extraordinary opportunity, I am determined to do everything I can to seize it and to set an agenda that helps other women and girls set theirs, too.

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist and the founder of Pivotal, a charitable, investment and advocacy organization.

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Opinion The strange case of Alito v. Alito

Alito-gate: The justice, his wife, her flags and their ethics.

That is one weird marriage.

I am talking, of course, about Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his flag-flying wife, Martha-Ann, and I am taking as my text Alito’s own recitations, most recently in a letter on Tuesday to Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), declining to recuse himself from hearing Trump-related election cases.

There are reasons to question Alito’s candor and judgment here, and I’ll get to those in a bit. For the moment, let’s just assume the facts are as the justice lays them out: Martha-Ann Alito, embroiled in an acrimonious dispute with a neighbor — a dispute related to the election , something that Alito notably neglects to say — took to semiotics, in the extreme form of an upside-down U.S. flag, to convey her distress.

Thus saith her husband the justice: “I was not even aware of the upside-down flag until it was called to my attention. As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused.”

Like I said, weird. Marriage is about respectful accommodation of competing needs. A Washington marriage — that is, a marriage involving one or more people in positions of authority or prominence — is about respectful accommodation of competing needs in the public spotlight.

My husband is active in politics, but we don’t have campaign signs on our lawn out of deference to my role as a journalist. During his many years of government service, I stayed away from writing about issues in which he was involved — you might say I recused myself — so as not to put either of us in an uncomfortable position. Appearances matter, and if your spouse is in the public eye, there are things you choose not to do, even if they would be otherwise unobjectionable.

Not the Alitos. “My wife and I own our Virginia home jointly,” Alito wrote the two senators. “She therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit, and there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly.” As to the second flag, an “Appeal to Heaven” banner at their New Jersey vacation home, that property “was purchased with money she inherited from her parents and is titled in her name.”

Seriously? Is he really arguing that this is about tenancy by the entirety, or who owns what property in fee simple?

Alito wrapped himself in an unconvincing blend of faux feminism and free speech, with an Alito-esque helping of victimhood. “My wife is a private citizen, and she possesses the same First Amendment rights as every other American,” he wrote. Yes, she does — and, like other spouses of prominent individuals, she has an independent responsibility, to her spouse and his institution, to behave appropriately.

More Alito: “She makes her own decisions, and I have always respected her right to do so.” As I’ve written about Clarence and Virginia Thomas , each of them gets to have their separate career, but when one impinges on the other, something’s got to give. To say that isn’t anti-feminist — it’s pro-ethics.

And then the victimhood: “She has made many sacrifices to accommodate my service on the Supreme Court, including the insult of having to endure numerous, loud, obscene, and personally insulting protests in front of our home that continue to this day and now threaten to escalate.”

I am no fan of protests at justices’ homes . But asking us to feel sorry about her “sacrifices” to “accommodate my service”? Give me a break. Being a Supreme Court justice is an honor that brings with it many privileges. So is being the spouse of a Supreme Court justice. And the more fundamental point is that these supposed sacrifices do not excuse otherwise inappropriate behavior.

And about that inappropriate behavior: One of the striking aspects of Alito’s letter is that it exposes his lack of candor. His first few renditions of the incident had the flag flying “briefly” (the statement provided to the New York Times) and “for a short time” (his statement to Fox News host Shannon Bream.) As The Post reported , and Alito now acknowledges, it flew “for several days.” In what world is that “briefly”?

Alito asks us to believe his assertions — his wife is the flag fanatic, not him; he wanted it taken down; he “had no involvement” in the decision to fly the “Appeal to Heaven” flag at their vacation home — but his behavior does not engender trust.

Even more important, the letter underscores that Alito recognized instantly that the upside-down flag presented a problem: “As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down.” Why, exactly, did he think the flag was a problem? If the flag was, merely, as Martha-Ann Alito claimed, an international symbol of distress, not an endorsement of “Stop the Steal,” then why was he so concerned?

And, more to the point: If he was alarmed then, why doesn’t the public have every reason to be alarmed now?