1. Engaging readers in your text is probably the most critical factor of writing an essay. Without reader engagement, if they are not fascinated and interested in your text, they most likely will not be moved by what you are saying.
2. To write an opinionated essay means you need to be persuasive, and to use claims that the other side makes. As Graff and Birkenstein put it, “ To keep an audience engaged, a writer needs to explain what he or she is responding to”. You need to explain that ideas that you are arguing against to so the reader can draw distinctions between either claim. Writers should use “what others say” in their own essays so they can break down the claim of others and emphasize their own points. In high school, I had to debate with other people. When it would be my turn to rebuke I would say “Diana believes that overfishing is necessary for a growing population of people, but I am here to argue against the use of unsustainable fishing practices”. I mention what my opponent is stating and what my claims are.
