“FOR AND AGAINST” ESSAY

HERE YOU ALSO HAVE A LINK TO REVISE HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY.

http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/como-escribir-un-ensayo-essay-fce-part-2.html

 “FOR AND AGAINST”  ESSAY  

1.Write a draft with your  ideas.

2.You must clearly indicate where your paragraphs start and where they end.  Leave a line empty between paragraphs.

3.Express your  thoughts and opinions clearly and logically.

4. It helps to know how to use certain LINKING DEVICES to connect sentences logically. So here you can find some.

INTRODUCTION

What comes to my mind when discussing....is...

Today we are repeatedly confronted with the problem of....

Some (experts/people/of my friends) say...

My point of view on the subject is that ...

I personally / honestly think that ...

I totally agree with ... (the view that ...)

I sincerely believe that ...

As far as I’m concerned ...

From my point of view ...

My opinion is that ...

“PROS”  HOW TO INTRODUCE YOUR IDEAS?

Firstly/In the first place....

Let us start by considering...

Let us first consider the question of...

I should like to begin with...

The first obvious advantage/disadvantage of...

Secondly....

Moreover....

Furthermore....

Another thing is....

Another point in favour of/against... is...

In addition to that ... / On top of that ... / Besides that ...

And what is more,...

“CONS” HOW TO INTRODUCE YOUR IDEAS?

So far we have only talked about the advantages. What about the disadvantages?

So much about the advantages. There are also a number of disadvantages that must not be overlooked.

Let us now turn to the drawbacks of...

Now it would also be interesting to ...

And what is more,...

Furthermore,...

For contrast :

On the other hand ...

However,...

Nevertheless,...

On the contrary,...

It’s quite the opposite

Despite the fact that...

Although...

It is always a good idea to include examples:

Take for example.....Take for instance...

One example out of many is...

Just look at....

This idea can best be illustrated by an example...

Such as

For instance

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, let me say that....

All things considered, I must say that...

From all this one must conclude that...

In conclusion ...

Finally ...

To sum up...