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English AS Level: Do you give your opinion?

Are we supposed to give our opinion in english essays? my teacher told me off for doing it in an essay and said it was subjective. However some of the questions basically are asking to give your opinion. All I'm aware is that i shouldn't state anything as a fact but I'm sure if you give your opinion thats what gets your higher marks as it makes your essay more unique? I have a tutor who completed disagrees with my college teacher and says i should. Need someone to let me know if its actually allowed or will you get penalised. Thank you

Reply 1

ddwan1

Which english is this?

Reply 2

rossella99

Original post by ddwan1

Which english is this?

AS english literature, its reformed one so its a 2 year course. think its with OCR

Reply 3

ddwan1

Original post by rossella99

AS english literature, its reformed one so its a 2 year course. think its with OCR

Oh, I do Lang soz!

Reply 4

paxman

Your opinion should really be implicit in your argument. By not stating your opinion I assume your teacher means instead of saying "I think that", use "this shows that" or "its clear that". It'll just make your writing seem more sophisticated and formal.