HOW TO MAKE A COMPOSITON

Divide the composition in 3 different parts: INTRODUCTION (1 paragraph), BODY (2 paragraphs) and
CONCLUSION (1 paragraph)

INTRODUCTION
You can’t write more than 3-4 lines. Introduction options:
 Rhetoric question
 Introduce the topic you’re dealing with later

IMPERSONAL STRUCTURES (for and agains essays)

 It is often said / claimed that …
 It is a cliché /common place to say that …
 It is undeniably true that …
 It is sometimes forgotten that …
 It would be naïve to suppose that …
 It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that …
 It is hard to open a newspaper nowadays without reading that …
 First of all, it is important to try to understand …
 It is in the nature of … to …
 It is often the case that …

PERSONAL STRUCTURES (opinion essays)

 I would like to start by saying that …
 Before going specifically into the issue of … , I would like to state …
 We commonly think of (adj / noun / -ing) … as …
 What we are mainly concerned with here is …
 We live in a world in which …

INTRODUCING GENERAL IDEAS

 The concept / idea of …
 This fact / subject matter is a question that has been much debated.
 One of the most striking aspects of this issue is …
 There is a number of important issues we have to take into account when dealing with such a
relevant topic in our current society.
 There is no doubt / It is doubtless that being informed about such an essential topic will have
positive and decisive outcomes for our future development as responsible adults. That’s why I
have been highly interested in it. / Therefore, we are going to analyse deeply the advantages
and disadvantages / causes and consequences / positive and negative aspects of this issue.
 Nowadays, it is a well-known fact that …
 Nowadays, everyone agrees that … however, we should perhaps ask ourselves if this fact is as
positive / undeniable as it seems to be.
 There are many different opinions about …
 … is a problem which is often discussed these days.
BODY
Two paragraphs:
 FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY: one paragraph dealing with the advantages / positive aspects and
other dealing with the disadvantages / negative aspects of the topic.
 OPINION ESSAY: both paragraphs will present the different arguments used to defend one’s
point of view.
You must use in your essays complex grammatical structures such as passives, conditional sentences,
relative clauses, modal verbs, phrasal verbs… provided that you’re confident they are understood
and are grammatically correct.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND CONNECTORS
 On the one hand
 On the other hand
 Otherwise
 As well as
 Above all
 In fact,
 Actually,
 Nowadays/Currently
 Therefore,
 So
 In spite of / Despite (noun)
 Despite the fact that
 To / in order to / so as to
 So that
 Not only … but also
 First
 Moreover / Furthermore / Besides / What is more
 Thanks to
 Consequently
 According to
 Apart from this
 As soon as
 Broadly speaking / Generally speaking
 By the way
 In other words
 On the contrary
 On no account
 Anyhow
 Unfortunately
 Luckily / fortunately
 As a result of
 What I suggest is that
 It is unquestionable
 It is essential
 It is very likely / unlikely that
 It is undeniable that
 No one knows for certain whether
  Without a doubt
 The more … the more …

CONCLUSION
 Our personal opinion about what we have just expressed
 A rhetoric question (e.g. Do you think this matter will ever be solved?)
 A wish (e.g. I will we could solve this problem)

CONCLUSION EXPRESSIONS
 In short
 In conclusion
 To sum up
 All the arguments set out / brought forward here led to the same conclusion
 I strongly believe …
 In my opinion / view, …
 The way I see it, …
 To my mind, …
 As far as I am concerned, …
 It is my belief that …
 I am convinced that …
 I would like to express my total agreement / disagreement with …
 Under no circumstances …
 I (do not) agree that/with …
 My opinion is that …