Discursive Writing (advantages-disadvantages)
1. How to make a point or express an opinion or reason.
- First of all ……………………
- One advantage of (……………) is ……………
- One disadvantage of (……………….) is ………………
- Another point in favour of (…………….) is ………………….
- Another point against (……………….) is ………………..
Disadvantage
- A further argument in favour is ……………….
- A further argument against is ………………..
- One other advantage is ………………….
- One other disadvantage is ………………….
- The biggest advantage is ………………….
- The biggest disadvantage is ………………….
- One objection to this argument is ………………….
- This not always the case (means ‘not always true’)
- Take for instance …………………..(means ‘here is an example’)
- In my opinion ………………….
- I think (…………………..) …………………. should (………………….)
- If (………………..) ……………………. then ………………………
- It’s important / true / necessary to remember / point out that …………..
- It’s worth remembering that ……………………..
- Bearing this in mind, I think ………………. (means ‘remembering what I’ve just said’)
- To sum up, I would say that ……………….
- On balance, I would say that ……………….
- 2. How to link the points or opinions or reasons together.
- On the one hand …………………………. on the other hand (used to introduce an important point).
- But ………………
- In contrast ……………….
- Besides …………………. (used to add one point, advantage to another)
- Moreover …………………(used to add one point to another)
- Whereas: while …………….. (used to link two opposing ideas on the same subject)
- However …………………… (used at the beginning of the final sentence of a dramatic incident and means ‘but’
- Although ………………… (used to join a positive idea to a negative one or vice verca )
- In spite of / despite …………….. (used to join positive and negative ideas together)
