Структура эссе “For and Against Essay”

Introduction

Поставить проблему, не выражая своего мнения

• As a general rule… It is popularly believed that… It is often suggested… People often claim that… A lot of people think that… Many people are in favour of… / are convinced that… We all know that…
• Can you imagine …? Have you ever thought of…?
• There are both advantages and disadvantages … Let’s begin with…

Main Body

• Аргументы в поддержку одного из существующих мнений:

2 суждения с аргументами и примером +1 суждение с перечислением примеров (т.е. всего 3 высказывания-суждения; примеры можно привести из жизненного опыта).

• Аргументы против другого существующего мнения (не своего) - 2 суждения с аргументами и примером.

• To introduce points:

The main / most important / greatest advantage of… is that…

Another advantage/ disadvantage of… A further advantage/ disadvantage of…

One point of view in favour of / against… The best/ worst thing about… is…

• To list points:

In the first place… First of all… To start with… To begin with… Secondly… Thirdly… Finally… The last but not the least…

• To add more points to the same topic:

What is more… Furthermore … Moreover… In addition to this… Besides… Apart from this…

• To make contrasting points:

on the other hand … however… in spite of the fact that … despite the fact that… while… nevertheless… even though… although… it can be argued that…

• To introduce examples:

for example… for instance… such as… in particular…

Conclusion

• Личное мнение-какую сторону Вы принимаете и почему.
• Сбалансированное мнение - есть что-то хорошее, но есть и что-то плохое.

• To conclude:

to sum up… all in all … on the whole… in conclusion … taking everything into account… as it was previously stated

All things considered, although there are some disadvantages…, I believe it is…

All in all, I believe that there are more advantages than disadvantages…