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Practice Tests This lesson is aimed more at those who
are wanting a band 7 or higher as this
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Idioms When you write an argumentative essay,
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Firstly, students should be

charged because education is
becoming more expensive to fund
as universities grow in size.
Consequently, making students
pay may maintain standards and
ensure the quality of the teaching.
In addition, students bene_t from
university in terms of higher paid
jobs, so it is fair that they pay for at
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 least some of the cost, especially
given that the majority of students
attending university are from the
middle classes. Last but not least,
in many countries, there is a
shortage of people to do manual
jobs such as plumbing and
carpentry, so making university
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To This Site people to take up these jobs.

The paragraph is _ne but it does look like

the opinions being presented are the
writers own views.

What if you want to make it clear that

they are not your opinions, but those of
someone else because you intend to
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disagree with it in your next paragraph or
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because you don't want to make it clear
which side of the argument you agree
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Your neighbours have
recently written to you bold that make it clear that they are not
to complain about the your arguments, but another person's:
noise from your house
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One argument put forward in
your neighbours. In
your letter: -
favour of charging students is
that education is becoming more
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expensive to fund as universities
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- Student making students pay may maintain
Enrolment standards and ensure the quality
Apr 16, 21 05:28 AM of the teaching. In addition, it is
argued that most students
bene_t from university in terms of
higher paid jobs, so it is fair that
they pay for at least some of the
cost, especially given that the
majority of students attending
The graphs show the university are from the middle
enrolments of overseas classes. Last but not least, in
students and local
many countries, there is a
students in Australian
universities over a ten shortage of people to do manual
year period. The graph jobs such as plumbing and
illustrates the total carpentry, so making university
Read More more expensive may encourage
people to take up these jobs.

The last point “Last but not least, in many

countries…” has not been changed, but
this would be overdoing it. It is clear by
this point that all the arguments the
writer is presenting are other people’s.

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In your next paragraph, you may then

want to present your arguments. So you
may begin your paragraph with
something like:

However, I do not believe these

arguments stand up to
scrutiny. Firstly,...

Alternatively, you may want to present

another paragraph with other people's
ideas, that shows the opposite side of the
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may begin:

However, some people oppose

these views. Firstly, they claim
that
that...

And then you would let the reader know

in your conclusion your position on the
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Here are some examples of transitional

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It has been argued that…

Some people claim / argue /

believe / think that…

An argument commonly put

forward is that…

Those that support (topic)

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 argue / believe / claim that…

Proponents of (topic) argue /

believe / claim that…

These arguments have been

critisized for several reasons...

These are just some examples. There will

be some other ways.

I suggested these as band 7 and above

as it is a more dipcult skill to place them
in your essay.

They can't just be stuck in front of an idea

and used like a transition such as
"Firstly,..." in the hope of getting a band 7!

They create a certain register or tone that

you are writing with so you need to make
sure the rest of your essay _ts with this
style.

Check out the transitional phrases for

essays in this model essay: Animal Rights
Essay

This essay follows the pattern of

presenting the _rst body paragraph as
someone elses opinions, and the second
body paragraph as your own.

Also, take a look at the full essay from the

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Mohammad Chamanpara
Thank you for this awesome article.
Only one minor typo which is "critisize".
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Muhammad Arslan Ansari

in argumentative essays can i mention some debate from a talk
show regarding give topic as a supporter to my argument.
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James Mayer
Difficult to answer that. I'd really need to see it in
context. If it is referring to what an expert on a talk
show said it might be ok, but to be honest, saying
"When I saw someone on a talk show they said..."
looks a bit odd.
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Muhammad Arslan Ansari

Ielts Buddy so do i have to mention the name of the
specific talk show and speaker i am talking about?
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James Mayer
Muhammad Arslan Ansari: Definitely who the expert is
otherwise it i will just look like you are making it up
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Saeed Rana
This is awesome
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Saeed Rana
This awesom
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Vusal Qulu
these transitional-phrases are very useful
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