TEMPLATES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITING

TEMPLATES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITING
A. Impersonal Points of View - making and impersonal argument
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A common opinion is that
it can be argued that
It is gernerally accepted that
There is no doubt that
It is impossible to argue against the fact that
Some people think/feel/believe/claim/argue that
Yet other people put forward the view that

B. Personal Opinions
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My personal view is that
I tend to believe that
I am of the opinion
i would argue that
Personally i think
as far as i’m concerned
I strongly agree with the idea that
I strongly disagree with the given topic
My opinion is that

C. Commenting
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Naturally,
Evidently,

D. Explaining Opinions
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What this means is
In other words
To be more precise
In fact,

E. Using examples to explain
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For instance
A good illustration of this is
As an example
In particular,
As an evidence

F. Explaining cause and stating effect
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One reason for this is
As a result


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Consequently,
The result/consequence is/was
So, therefore
For this/that reason

Hence = therefore

G. Concluding
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To summarize
In conclusion
To conclude
to sum up
Overall
In brief
In summary
in short

H. Explaining Contrast
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On the other hand,
On the contrary
on one hand
In contrast to this
Nonetheless
Nevertheless
anyway
Yet
In/by contrast
Although
Though
Therefore

I.

Explaining Comparison

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In the same way
Similarly
Like the previous
Correspondingly

J. Explaining the second paragraph
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It is true that
First
First of all
Firstly,
Initially
To begin with
thought it is true that


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some people believe that

K. Explaining the third paragraph
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Second/Secondly
Third/Thirdly
Next
Besides
Futhermore
Moreover