advantages and disadvantages the pros and cons the pluses and minuses positive and negative aspects

- introducing arguments -- the first argument in a paragraph First of all, Firstly, *In the first place, *To start with, -- the second, third etc. argument Secondly, A second point is that Another point is that Also, In addition (to this), Another thing, Furthermore, What is more, *Moreover, -- the last argument in a paragraph Finally, Last but not least, A final point is that - starting the opposing paragraph On the other hand, On the minus side, However, *Having said that, *While that may be true, - introducing the conclusion (in the last paragraph) To conclude, In conclusion, Overall, *Having considered all these arguments, *In sum, To sum up, On balance, All things considered, - stating personal opinion to my mind I (firmly) believe that I feel that I think that *it is my belief/opinion that it seems to me that in my opinion/view the way I see it as far as I'm concerned personally, I - introducing a reason because (of) due to

owing to *on account of as Since - introducing a result in order to so that so as to As a result, / As a consequence, The result is that consequently so *therefore *thus , which is why - introducing a contrasting idea but *whereas while nevertheless nonetheless though although even though despite in spite of yet then again contrary to (that) - introducing a similar idea Likewise, as well too - introducing an example for example for instance an/another (good) example is such as like - introducing a general opinion it has been suggested that it's obvious that it's clear that it could be argued that / it is argued that some people claim/think/believe that it seems that there is no doubt that undoubtedly / indisputably / undeniably / unquestionably - introducing an explanation namely in other words that is to put it another way neither ... nor