ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY/ ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE ESSAY

 To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 Do you agree or disagree?
 What are your opinions?
 Do you think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks?
Note: 3 possible answers: Agree, Disagree or Balanced/ neutral (both). But I
suggest choosing Agree or Disagree only.
1. Introduction
- General statement/ Hook: It is the fact that…
- Thesis statement:
+ Personally, I completely agree/ disagree with this idea/ statement…
+ In my opinion, I am in agreement with this idea/ I am not in agreement with this
idea…
+ Many people argue that …. However, I believe that…
+ From my perspective,
+ I’m absolutely certain that …
+ I agree with the opinion of …
+ Personally, I believe that …, and I therefore agree/disagree with the statement
that….
+ Some people believe that….Personally, I completely agree/ disagree with this
view.
+ It is suggested that …. This essay strongly agrees/ disagrees with this
suggestion.
+ To a certain extent, I agree… Yet, I also believe this suggestion is impossible…
- Main ideas
2. Body
- Firstly,/ First,/ The first reason for this is… + main idea. Supporting ideas.  For
example,/ For instance,
- Secondly,/ Second,/ Furthermore/ Next/ The next reason is…/ In addition to the
reason above, I also believe that…+ main idea. Supporting ideas.  For example/
For instance
- …
 - Finally,…

Neutral:

- On the one hand,…

- On the other hand,…
3. Conclusion
- In conclusion,/ In short,/ To conclude,/ To sum up, + paraphrase thesis statement
- List main ideas.
- Advice and recommendation.