– AGREE – DISAGREE ESSAY —

1. INTRODUCTION
Sentence 1: Introduce the topic
It is true that …

Sentence 2:
Completely agree: I completely/ absolutely agree that …
I fully support the opinion that …
In my opinion/ From my point of view, …definitely should …
Completely disagree: I am totally against the idea that …
In my opinion/ From my perspective, it is unjustifiable that …
However, personally, I think the opposite is true.
Example
Big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree?

It is often argued that it is more advantageous to choose a job with high wage, even if it doesn't appeal to you at all.
I completely disagree with this opinion and think that job satisfaction is much more important than salary.
2. BODY (TOTAL AGREE/ DISAGREE)
The first body paragraph:
To begin with, + IDEA 1.
Explanation: In other words, … / By this I mean, … / This means …
Example: For example, … / For one, …

The second body paragraph:

Another reason why I agree/ disagree with … is that …IDEA 2
Explanation: To be specific, …/ In particular, …
Example: For instance, … / Take me as an example, …

Example
Big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree?

First of all, I believe that job satisfaction gives people a sense of fulfillment that no money can guarantee. Even if
someone is earning a high salary, but feels tensed and compromises with his conscience, this person won’t enjoy his
life. While pursuing one’s interests will always bring pleasure and feeling of satisfaction. For example, a lot of
famous researchers made their career choices not because of appealing wages, but because they were passionate
about science. That’s why it’s more important to choose the kind of work that makes you happy than to look only
at a high salary.

Secondly, doing what you like keeps you motivated and therefore leads to a career growth. In other words, there is a
strong relation between job satisfaction and productivity. People who love their jobs can easily excel in their fields
of work and achieve better results than those, who put salary on the first place. For instance, Henry Miller decided
to leave his everyday job despite a good wage and ventured to become a writer. And after enduring years of ups and
downs he became one of the most famous and well-paid authors of the twentieth century. Thus, advantages of jobs
that keep you satisfied outweigh the drawback of a low salary in a long-term perspective.
3. CONCLUSION
Paraphrase the thesis statement with summary of the content in the body paragraphs.

Example
Big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree?
To conclude, I strongly believe that job satisfaction is more beneficial than high salary because it makes people
happy and motivated.
Big salary is much more important than job satisfaction. Do you agree or disagree?

It is often argued that it is more advantageous to choose a job with high wage, even if it doesn't appeal to you at all.
I completely disagree with this opinion and think that job satisfaction is much more important than salary.

First of all, I believe that job satisfaction gives people a sense of fulfillment that no money can guarantee. Even if
someone is earning a high salary, but feels tensed and compromises with his conscience, this person won’t enjoy his
life. While pursuing one’s interests will always bring pleasure and feeling of satisfaction. For example, a lot of
famous researchers made their career choices not because of appealing wages, but because they were passionate
about science. That’s why it’s more important to choose the kind of work that makes you happy than to look only
at a high salary.

Secondly, doing what you like keeps you motivated and therefore leads to a career growth. In other words, there is a
strong relation between job satisfaction and productivity. People who love their jobs can easily excel in their fields
of work and achieve better results than those, who put salary on the first place. For instance, Henry Miller decided
to leave his everyday job despite a good wage and ventured to become a writer. And after enduring years of ups and
downs he became one of the most famous and well-paid authors of the twentieth century. Thus, advantages of jobs
that keep you satisfied outweigh the drawback of a low salary in a long-term perspective.

To conclude, I strongly believe that job satisfaction is more beneficial than high salary because it makes people
happy and motivated.
PRACTICE
Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have a huge negative impact on both
individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have a huge negative impact on both
individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become an important part of our everyday
life. However, it is argued that these sites have a devastating effect on the community and the individuals. I strongly
agree with the thought that social websites have a profound negative effect.

To begin with, social networking sites have started hurting relationships. In the present world, people spend a lot of
time online. Hence, they do not have time to visit their friends or relatives. As a result, relationships have become
shallow. For example, in the earlier days, individuals used to have get-togethers at least once a month, but nowadays
most of the people do not even know many of their relatives. Consequently, there are no close helpful relationships
in this era.

Addiction is another drawback of social networks which leads to failure in almost every field. Most of the people
waste hours in front of computers or mobile phones chatting and posting on Facebook and Twitter and thus they
fail to pay attention to their work. For instance, students do not perform their best in the exams or fail because they
spend more time online instead of studying. As a result, social networking sites hinder the progress of the individual
and also of the society.

In conclusion, although Facebook and such sites are beneficial to some extent, I strongly agree with the argument
that they have more detrimental effect on both the local community and the people. It is hoped that users will
realize this and learn to use such platforms more judiciously.