Writing. Part 2. Домбровская И.В - 13 стр.

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i) How does the mass media affect people’s lives? Discuss.
j) Violent sports should be banned. Discuss.
k) “Power and money go hand in hand.” Discuss.

Exercise 10
Go through the table and say the sentences in as many ways as possible
as in the example:
e.g. Although killing endangered species is illegal, people will not stop
hunting them. → Killing endangered species is illegal, yet people will
not stop hunting them. etc

                                Linking devices
1. To make contrasting      although, yet, however, nevertheless, in spite of, but,
   points                   while, despite, even if, even though, at the same time
2. To list points           firstly, in the first place, first of all, to start with,
                            secondly, thirdly, finally
3. To add more points       what is more, furthermore, also, apart from this/that,
   on the topic             in addition to, moreover, besides, too, not to mention
                            the fact that
4. To list advantages/      one/another/one other/a further/the main/the first/the
   disadvantages            greatest advantage/disadvantage of …
5. To express personal      in my opinion/view, personally I believe, it strikes
   opinion                  me that, I feel very strongly that, I am inclined to
                            believe that, it seems to me that, as far as I am
                            concerned
6. To refer to other        according to, with reference to
   sources
7. To conclude              finally, lastly, above all, all in all, taking everything
                            into account, on the whole, all things considered, in
                            conclusion, as I have said, as was previously stated,
                            to sum up
8. To express cause         because of, owing to, due to, for this reason
9. To express effect        therefore, thus, as a result, consequently, so, as a
                            consequence
10. To emphasise            clearly, obviously, needless to say, in particular
    what you say
11. To express reality      in fact, actually, as a matter of fact, in practice,
                            the fact of the matter is that
12. To express
    difference between on the face of it, at first sight, apparently
    appearance and reality
13. To state an            it is popularly believed that, people often claim that,
    argument against       contrary to popular belief, it is a fact that, it is often
    your opinion           alleged that, people argue that