LEVEL 5 WRITING A RESPONSE

USE OF KEY PHRASES TO COMBINE WRITERS IDEAS AND YOUR OPINION

To express one's personal opinion To state something as a fact
In my opinion / view To my mind It seems to me that (> tentative) I think / believe that (> neutral) indeed / actually I have the impression that As I see it, I rather think that I am sure that I am convinced that (> strong) I agree that. I disagree with.. There can be no doubt that It is a fact that Everyone knows that

EG 1. I am definitely convinced that the common belief that women talk a lot more than men is just a myth. In this article evidence based on the experiment/study is clear enough to question the credibility of this belief...

EG 2. TOPIC SENTENCE I do not agree with the article because I have the impression that the research is still not reliable like the previous ones. OR There can be no doubt that this study is more reliable compared to the older ones but it is still not relaible enough to come to a convincing conclusion.