Discussion: Reasons

Hopefully you've been studying our previous posts on Discussion. We talked about:

The 3 parts of Disscusion: Opinion, Reason and Examples

and

The differences between opinion, preference and facts. 

Now let's look at Reason:

Reason is the 'Why' something is the way it is. We often use 'Because' to tell our reason for something.

If you have an opinion: Chocolate makes you fat. You need to tell your listener 'why' chocolate makes you fat: because chocolate is made with saturated fat that sticks to your fat cells and is harder to burn during exercise. 

Let's practice!

Here's a list of categories to form an opinion and think of a reason that fits with that opinion.

Sports
Food
Books
Animals

Some Examples

Sports: Baseball is a great sport because it takes a lot of skill to hit the ball and that makes it very exciting.

Books: Fiction writing is very interesting because the writer is free to create a world full of unusual characters, surprising events and imaginative landscapes. 

For these 4 categories give us your opinion about a specific aspect in that category and include the reason 'why' you have that opinion. Leave your sentences in the comments or email us at chromatic.english@gmail.com.

Happy Learning and Speak Bravely!


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