Advantages and Disadvantages

Steps to writing an essay

J.Welsby

Organize Your Essay

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Introduction (Paragraph 1) Introduce your topic, but dont give an opinion Main Body (Paragraphs 2 and 3) Give your arguments in favour. Give support by stating examples. Give your arguments against and give example. Conclusion (Paragraph 4) Give your opinion or summary of the arguments.

Vocabulary to Link Ideas

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Introducing Advantages
One/major/another advantage is that. The first advantage associated with . One point in favour of .. On the positive side is the fact that

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Introducing Disadvantages
One/major/another disadvantage is that One drawback is that .. One argument in favour of . On the negative side is the fact that . One further important disadvantage is that.

Vocabulary to Link Ideas

3. Ordering Your Points Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally, lastly, furthermore 4. Supporting Your Arguments For example, for instance, an obvious, because, as, due to the fact
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Showing Contrast However, despite, while, whereas, but, in spite of the fact, nevertheless Conclusions Finally, lastly, In conclusion, to conclude. overall, all things considered

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Model

Contrasting advantages and disadvantages in the same sentence

One of the arguments in favour of subject is that main clause (advantage) but We should not forget that an equally important argument against subject is that main clause (disadvantage). On one hand main clause 1 (advantage) but on the other hand main clause 2 (disadvantage). Although main clause 1, unfortunately main clause 2. Despite the fact main

clause 1, neverthe less main clause 2 Finally ..

Example

Write a paragraph describing the advantages and disadvantages of living in a smaller town.

An important advantage associated with living in a smaller is that there is not much traffic. Another big advantage is that life is generally more relaxed. One further important advantage associated with living in small towns is that Many things are less expensive than in bigger cities, for example vegetables and fruit. A final advantage is that people can often be a lot friendlier because They know each other better and have more time to spend talking to each other. In conclusion, I prefer to live in a smaller town because it is friendlier, less expensive and more relaxed.

Now you try!

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