ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the two basic forms of opinion (true/false, for/against), the seven different aspects of opinion (validating/invalidating, strong/nuanced, explicit/implicit, etc.), and the appropriate places to insert opinion into the analytical text. An opinion, in a rhetorical context (as opposed to its everyday meaning as a subjective and unsubstantiated personal view), can be said to belong to one of two types: veridical opinions, which broadly carry a value of true, false, or undecidable; and for/against opinions, which correspond to a view that is for, against, or undecidable (e.g., with regard to the issue of the use of nuclear energy: I am for this; I am against this; I have no opinion on this).
