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 mindI (firmly) believe thatI feel thatI think that*it is my belief/opinion thatit seems to me thatin my opinion/viewthe way I see itas far as I'm concernedpersonally, I- introducing a reasonbecause (of)due toowing to*on account ofasSince- introducing a resultin order toso thatso as toAs a result, / As a consequence,The result is that consequently,so*therefore*thus, which is why- introducing a contrasting ideabut*whereas,while,nevertheless,nonethelessthough,although,even though,despite,in spite ofyet,then againcontrary to (that)- introducing a similar ideaLikewise,as well,too- introducing an examplefor example,for instance,an/another (good) example issuch as,like- introducing a general opinionit has been suggested thatit's obvious thatit's clear thatit could be argued that / it is argued thatsome people claim/think/believe thatit seems thatthere is no doubt thatundoubtedly / indisputably / undeniably / unquestionably- introducing an explanationnamelyin other wordsthat isto put it another way