advantages and disadvantagesthe pros and consthe pluses and minusespositive and negative aspects

- introducing arguments-- the first argument in a paragraphFirst of all, Firstly, *In the first place, *To start with-- the second, third etc. argumentSecondly, A second point is that, Another point is that, Also,In addition (to this), Another thing, Furthermore, What is more, *Moreover,-- the last argument in a paragraphFinally, Last but not least, A final point is that

- starting the opposing paragraphOn the other hand, On the minus side, However, *Having said that, *While that may be true,

- introducing the conclusion (in the last paragraph)To conclude, In conclusion, Overall, *Having considered all these arguments, *In sum, To sum up, On balance, All things considered,- stating personal opinionto my mind, I (firmly) believe that, I feel that, I think that, *it is my belief/opinion that, it seems to me that, in my opinion/view, the way I see it, as far as I'm concerned personally, I

- introducing a reasonbecause (of), due toowing to, *on account of, as, Since- introducing a resultin order to, so that,so as to,As a result, / As a consequence,The result is That, Consequently, So, *therefore, *thus, which is why- introducing a contrasting ideaBut, *whereas, While, nevertheless, nonetheless, though, although, even though, Despite, in spite of, yet, then again, contrary to (that)- introducing a similar ideaLikewise, as well, too- introducing an examplefor example, for instance, an/another (good) example is , such as, like- introducing a general opinionit has been suggested that, it's obvious that, it's clear that, it could be argued that / it is argued that, some people claim/think/believe that, it seems that, there is no doubt that, undoubtedly / indisputably / undeniably / unquestionably,- introducing an explanationNamely, in other words,that is,to put it another way