The challenge of writing an opinon paper is to appeal to other people's feelings and emotions, while leaving yours out. This type of paper involves organizing thoughts, writing a list of reasons that support an opinion and identifying which reasons can be proven with facts. Learn how to frame paragraphs, format, use transition formatting and transition words to help make an opinion clear and persuasive. Students learn to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of text, referring explicity to the text as the basis for the answers.