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Guidelines for Argumentative text writing

Useful expressions for an opening paragraph:
What comes to my mind when discussing … is …
Almost every day you hear …
Today we are repeatedly confronted with the problem of …
Some experts say that …
Recently I have read that …
A friend of mine said …
When discussing … I remember …
Therefore one should discuss … / wonder about … / ask the question if …
It is interesting to weigh up the pros and cons of / the benefi ts and drawbacks
of … / the arguments in favour of and against …
Spontaneously, it seems to me that …
Quite frankly, I tend to think / believe that

Argument (1)

Firstly / In the fi rst place … Take for example …
in favour of

Let us start by considering … One example out of
Let us fi rst consider the question of … many is …
I should like to begin with …

Argument (2)

Secondly / In the second place … Just look at …
in favour of

Moreover, … This idea can best be
In addition to that, … demonstrated by an
Furthermore, … example: …

Another thing is …
On top of that …

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Useful expressions for an opening paragraph:
What comes to my mind when discussing … is …
Almost every day you hear …
Today we are repeatedly confronted with the problem of …
Some experts say that …
Recently I have read that …
A friend of mine said …
When discussing … I remember …
Therefore one should discuss … / wonder about … / ask the question if …
It is interesting to weigh up the pros and cons of / the benefi ts and drawbacks
of … / the arguments in favour of and against …
Spontaneously, it seems to me that …
Quite frankly, I tend to think / believe that

Argument (1)

Firstly / In the fi rst place … Take for example …
in favour of

Let us start by considering … One example out of
Let us fi rst consider the question of … many is …
I should like to begin with …

Argument (2)

Secondly / In the second place … Just look at …
in favour of

Moreover, … This idea can best be
In addition to that, … demonstrated by an
Furthermore, … example: …

Another thing is …
On top of that …

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Argument (1)

Let us now turn to … That is why …

against But on the other hand … because …

Now it would also be

interesting to …

But one argument against …

cannot be ignored

Argument (2)

Another argument not to be

The reason why … is …

against ignored is …

But on the other hand …

… however …

… on the contrary …

A further argument against … is …