Discursive parts for writing argumentation - B1
Avoid
Being repetitive & redundancy
E.g.
Life is beautiful because we have many beautiful moments, and these moments are
wonderful situations because life is beautiful.
Stand / Style Topic sentence
Con - Disadvantage Life is difficult.
Additional Elements Hard, challenging, complicated,
exhausting, tiring, demanding
Pro Advantage Life is beautiful.
Additional Elements Enjoyable, exciting, relaxing,
amusing, stunning
Main idea (s)
1 Sometimes, many
activities are hard to
understand
2 Life has many
challenging moments.
3 Lots of experiences are
tiring and demanding.
Linkers to list points:
- First of all / Firstly / To begin
with / First .
- Second / Secondly / Then
- Third / Thirdly / After that...
Try
To select your
Subjects Concepts Aspects
People persons Psychology - Behavior Stages of life, relationships
Government citizens Society Interaction Morality, ethics
Minister of education- Teachers Education - Teaching Planning, methods
According to your topic.
- Have enough universal adjectives applicable to different contexts.
Justification (Support) Additional ideas Examples
B (1) people do not pay (1) Moreover, many F (1) Science requires
E attention explanations seem O many formulas and
C confusing. R calculations.
A (2) no one knows what (2) In addition, sometimes (2) Especially when
U to do for sure. people do not have I they have to deal with
S enough skills to N adult life.
E accomplish their goals. S
(3) they take time and T
energy. A
N
C
E
Forms / ways to explain your Additional ideas MUST be Ways to exemplify:
points: connected to your main concern 1 Experiential
Why Where What How and idea to create clarity and 2 Background knowledge
When Cause/Effect arguments unity: COHERENCE and 3 Quotes data - research
(give reasons) COHESION. 4 Comparison Metaphor
Linkers to substitute because: Linkers to add points: 5 Analogy
Therefore, thus, for this reason, Also, as well, In addition (to), Linkers to give examples:
consequently, due to, since, as, Moreover What is more, apart Such as, for example, especially,
so from, besides, on top of that, particularly,
likewise, in the same way,
 Opinion
Additional Elements
Providing Solutions
Additional Elements

Use this very box to work your PROS paragraph and save your version in your ING file: your version must include (so far):

A Title

An introduction (yours)

A CONS paragraph (teachers)

A PROS paragraph (yours)

Topic question A university magazine has asked students to write a pro-con essay to explain how joyful life is and part of its main difficulties.

Title Though life, high life

Introduction
Linkers to outline contrast:
While, whereas, however, although, on
one hand/ on the other hand.
Cons paragraph
By Joel Molina
While some people consider life full of differences and outrageous situations, others enjoy such diversity and celebrate life in
those terms. This essay will try to analyze both aspects.
Life is difficult at time and obviously very demanding. Sometimes, many activities are hard to understand, people often do not
pay attention; what is more, many explanations seem confusing, for instance, science requires many formulas and calculations.
Secondly, life has many challenging moments; thus, no one knows what to do for sure. In addition, people regularly do not have
enough skills to accomplish their goals. For example, when they have to deal with adult life.

Pros paragraph Your paragraph:

- You dont need to use colors; just make sure you have all discursive parts.
- Use punctuation marks to divide each part.

Conclusion
Linkers to conclude:
In conclusion, all in all, Finally, all things
considered, to sum up,
Life is difficult at times and obviously very demanding. Sometimes, many activities are hard to understand, people often do not pay attention; what is more, many
explanations seem confusing, for instance, science requires many formulas and calculations SOME formulas and calculations are required/HAVE BEEN required / SHOULD
BE required for science TESTS in modern UNIVERSITY education. Secondly, life has many challenging moments; thus, no one knows what to do for sure. In addition, people
regularly do not have enough skills to accomplish their goals; for example, when they have to deal with adult life.

1 Flipping Objects for Subjects or emphasizing elements.

Life is difficult at times and obviously very demanding. Sometimes, many activities are hard to understand, people often do not pay attention; what is more, many
explanations seem confusing, for instance, SOME formulas and calculations are required for science TESTS in UNIVERSITY education. Secondly, life has many challenging
moments; thus, no one knows what to do for sure. In addition, people regularly do not have enough skills to accomplish their goals; for example, when they have to deal
with adult life.
2 Using other tenses and adding structure
a) Life is difficult at times and obviously very demanding. Sometimes, many activities are hard to understand, people often do not pay attention; what is more, many
explanations seem confusing, for instance, science requires many formulas and calculations SOME formulas and calculations HAVE BEEN required for science TESTS
in modern UNIVERSITY education. Secondly, life has many challenging moments; thus, no one knows what to do for sure. In addition, people regularly do not have
enough skills to accomplish their goals; for example, when they have to deal with adult life.
b) Life is difficult at times and obviously very demanding. Sometimes, many activities are hard to understand, people often do not pay attention; what is more, many
explanations seem confusing, for instance, science requires many formulas and calculations SOME formulas and calculations SHOULD BE mandatorily EXPLAINED for
science TESTS in modern UNIVERSITY education. Secondly, life has many challenging moments; thus, no one knows what to do for sure. In addition, people
regularly do not have enough skills to accomplish their goals; for example, when they have to deal with adult life.