Professional Documents
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1. Opinion;
2. Dis/advantage
3. Solution
OPINION TASK 2
Intorduction:
1. Standard general expression (Generally; In general; Nowadays; Recently; Lately) + entry
(entry is the sentence which is very related to main idea)
2. Paraphrase given question/topic
3. Paraphrase “the order” + in this essay I will support my opinion with examples/In the
following essay, both these ideas will be discussed (plan)
BODY parts
1. Standard (TO EXPRESS FACTS) expression + IDEA.
2. Example – support and explain or illustrate idea with some sentences by using standard (TO
ADD IDEAS) expression
3. Standard (TO EXPRESS PURPOSE) expression to state the result/reason or purpose
Conclusion;
1. Standard (TO CONCLUDE) expression + very short paraphrasing of question/topic
2. Stating some of or all of ideas mentioned
3. Personal opinion (TO EXPRESS OPINION) expression and your last idea to support
question/topic
TO EXPRESS OPINION
To express opinion
In my opinion,
Personally, I think/ I believe (that
I strongly believe that….
It is clear (to me) that
I (completely) agree/disagree with …
It seems to me that…
As I see it, …
In my view,...
From my point of view, …
As far I am concerned, ...
I am sure/ convinced that …
I (dis)agree with the statement, because …
TO GIVE REASONS
My main reason is…./Another reason…
One reason for… is ….
Many people say/ believe that…
Because…
Since…
Because of/ due to...
TO EXPRESS FACTS
It is widely known that…
It is a well-known fact that …
Research has shown that…
There are definitely…
It is a fact that…
It is clear/ true that…
Firstly
Secondly
On one hand
On the other hand
EXAMPLE
For example/
for instance,...
What I mean by this…..
TO ADD IDEAS
What is more,…
Moreover/ furthermore/ in addition (to)
Firstly,…
First of all,…
Secondly,..
Thirdly,…
Lastly,…
Finally,…
In other words….
TO EXPRESS CONTRAST
Although
Despite ...
In spite of ...
Whereas ...
However....
In contrast... /but...
On the one hand... /on the other hand...
TO EXPRESS PURPOSE
So (that)
In order to...
To...
So as to...
TO CONCLUDE
To sum up,…
To conclude...
In conclusion...
It is clear that...