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Comment Writing Guide for Students

This document provides guidance on how to write an effective comment or response. It recommends structuring the comment with an introduction that states the topic and grabs the reader's attention, a main part that identifies and weighs arguments for and against different views and supports them with evidence, and a conclusion that summarizes the arguments and states an opinion. It also provides language to refer to different parts of an argument and to connect and weigh different perspectives in a formal yet coherent way. The document aims to help writers craft comments that logically organize and support their own view on a given topic or issue.

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Comment Writing Guide for Students

This document provides guidance on how to write an effective comment or response. It recommends structuring the comment with an introduction that states the topic and grabs the reader's attention, a main part that identifies and weighs arguments for and against different views and supports them with evidence, and a conclusion that summarizes the arguments and states an opinion. It also provides language to refer to different parts of an argument and to connect and weigh different perspectives in a formal yet coherent way. The document aims to help writers craft comments that logically organize and support their own view on a given topic or issue.

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How to write a comment



In a comment, you are asked to give your opinion and explain it. This could be in response to
something that has happened or on the views expressed in a newspaper article, discussion etc.

Dos • Plan the structure of your comment to include the following parts.
• Introduction:
- State which topic / question you will write about by referring to the
task.
- Try to get your reader’s attention by starting in an interesting way.
• Main part:
- Identify and refer to the arguments put forward in the text.
- Clearly state your own opinion on the topic.
- Weigh up and reply to arguments that do not support your point of
view.
- Include evidence to support / refute arguments (expert opinions;
statistics etc.).
- Base your arguments on facts and put them forward coherently and
unemotionally – that is more convincing.
• Conclusion:
- Sum up your arguments.
- Come to a logical conclusion about the topic / question stating your
opinion.
• Organize your ideas coherently:
- Organize your ideas into paragraphs.
- Link your ideas / paragraphs with connectives.
• Use formal language
- Use connectives (in addition, finally, moreover, however, etc.).
- Try to avoid using “I” too frequently. There are many other ways of
expressing your opinion.
Don’ts • Don’t start writing before you have planned your answer and know what
conclusion you will come to.
• Don’t just state arguments / opinions without supporting them.
• Don’t use informal language, e.g. short forms (don’t, can’t, etc.), colloquial
language (kids, gonna, etc.) or slang.
Language Referring to the topic / question in the introduction:
Support • This comment / answer will discuss / consider / argue…
• The problem / issue to be discussed in this comment is…
• The text / article / story / author … raises the question of / introduces the problem
of…, which will be discussed in this comment.
Identifying and referring to arguments for the main part:
• The main problem / issue / question that is touched upon in this article is…
• The author states / argues / claims / maintains / supports the idea / puts forward
the argument / denies the fact / contradicts the opinion that…
Weighing up and countering arguments:
• Taking into account what has been said so far, I…
• Having considered the different arguments, I … / Considering the fact that…
• On the one hand …, on the other hand…
• Whereas girls generally like to use the internet to keep in touch with friends, boys
prefer to use it to play computer games. / In contrast to A, B…
• Looking at the problem from A’s side, you have to admit that…
• Another important point / factor / argument to consider is…
• Supporters / Opponents of … argue / might argue that…
• Others claim / assert that…
• While there is no doubt / question that …, … must also be considered / mentioned.
• It must also be taken into consideration that…
Coming to a conclusion:
• All in all, … / In conclusion, …
• To conclude, … / To sum up, …
Source: Camden Town Advanced: Young People. A Guide to Text Analysis, Diesterweg, 2011, p. 84f.

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