For - Against Essay (Structure) : State The Topic To Be Discussed Without Giving Your Opinion

FOR -AGAINST ESSAY (STRUCTURE)
1 INTRODUCTION: Paragraph 1 State the topic to be discussed without giving

your opinion.
1.1 Opening paragraph: Make reference to a strange scene or situation.
1.2 Address to the reader directly or ask a rhetorical question.
1.3 Start with a quotation.
2 MAIN BODY:
Argument 1- FOR+ examples +reason Paragraph 2 Topic Sentence
Argument 2- FOR + examples + reason Paragraph 3 Topic Sentence
Arguments AGAINST+ justification+ examples Paragraph Topic Sentence
and / or reasons. 4/5
Useful expressions to List Points:

 In first place/Firstly/Secondly/Thirdly/ Finally
 First of all
 To start with
 To begin with
Useful expressions to List Advantages: (pros/asset/benefit/strength/positive aspect)
 One/Another/A further/An additional (mayor) advantage of... is...
 The main/greatest/first/ advantage of... is...
 Another positive aspect of ...
Useful expressions to introduce Disadvantages:
(drawbacks/cons/downside/inconvenience/obstacle/handicap/weakness/negative aspect)
 One/Another/A further/An additional (mayor) disadvantage of... is...
 The main/greatest/first/ most serious disadvantage of... is...
 Another negative aspect of...
Useful expressions to introduce arguments:
 One very convincing point argument in favour/against ...
 A further common criticism of...
 It could be argued that ...
 It is often/widely/generally+ claimed/suggested/argued/maintained/felt/believed/held + that...
 Some/Many/Most People/Experts/Scientists/Critics+ claim/suggest/argue/feel
that/maintain/believe/point out/advocate (+-ing/noun)/support (oppose) the view that ---/Are in favour
of/against/Are of the opinion that/are convinced that/ are opposed to...
Useful expressions to Add more Points to the same topic:
 What is more / Moreover
 Another major reason
 Also/furthermore
 In addition to this/that
 Besides/ Apart from this
 As well as...
 Not to mention the fact that...
 Not only..., but also/as well ...
 Both ... and
 The reason for this...
1
 Needless to say...
 There is another side to the issue/question/argument of ...
Useful expressions to introduce Contrasting Viewpoints: (on the other hand, however, still, yet, but,
nonetheless, nevertheless, even so, although, though, whilst, even though, while, whereas, in spite of the fact
that, despite, regardless of the fact that ...)
 It may be said/ It is argued /claimed that...
 People argue that...
 Opponents on this view say...
 Others/ Many people oppose this viewpoint /(strongly) disagree .../claim/feel/believe/ this argument is
incorrect/misguided.
 There are people who oppose...
 Contrary to what most people believe...
 As opposed to the abovementioned ideas...
3 CONCLUSION: Final Balance consideration/your opinion directly or
paragraph indirectly.
Note that opinion words (I think/I believe/ In
my opinion, etc.) can be only used in the closing
paragraph where you give your opinion about
on the topic.
3.1 State a personal opinion.
3.2 Give the reader something to consider.
3.3 End with a quotation or a rhetorical question.
Useful expressions to Conclude expressing balanced considerations/ opinion indirectly:
Useful expressions to Conclude expressing opinion directly: (1+2):

(1)
 In conclusion
 On balance
 All things considered
 Taking everything into account, I therefore conclude /feel/believe that...
 Taking these points into consideration
 To conclude
 To sum up
 All in all
 Finally
 For the above-mentioned reasons, therefore I (firmly) believe that...
2
(2)
 I (firmly) believe/ I think
 In my opinion
 In my view
 I strongly believe that... / I do (not) agree that /with ...
 I am convinced that...
 The way I see it
 It seems/appear to me that ...
 To my mind/ To my way of thinking
 As far as I am concerned
 As I see it
 I honestly feel/believe that...
 It is my (firm) belief/opinion/view/conviction that...
 I definitely feel/think that...
 I am inclined to believe that...
 I fully recognize that

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FOR -AGAINST ESSAY (STRUCTURE)

1 INTRODUCTION: Paragraph 1 State the topic to be discussed without giving

Useful expressions to List Points:

Useful expressions to Conclude expressing opinion directly: (1+2):

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