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    The document provides templates for summarizing a professor's points from a lecture and expressing agreement or disagreement with a reading. It includes phrases for introducing the professor's agreement or disagreement with the reading, supporting or challenging its claims. It also gives templates for the introduction, body, and conclusion of an independent essay expressing an opinion, including common transitions and concluding remarks.

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    The document provides templates for summarizing a professor's points from a lecture and expressing agreement or disagreement with a reading. It includes phrases for introducing the professor's agreement or disagreement with the reading, supporting or challenging its claims. It also gives templates for the introduction, body, and conclusion of an independent essay expressing an opinion, including common transitions and concluding remarks.

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    TOEFL Writing Samples

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    The document provides templates for summarizing a professor's points from a lecture and expressing agreement or disagreement with a reading. It includes phrases for introducing the professor's agreement or disagreement with the reading, supporting or challenging its claims. It also gives templates for the introduction, body, and conclusion of an independent essay expressing an opinion, including common transitions and concluding remarks.

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    Integrated Writing

    The professor admits| insists |points out | says |states |


    argues | asserts that
    The professor says about | talks about | discusses
    The professor uses | mentions ( to illustrate | show
    that )
    In the lecture,
    According to the lecture | professor,
    The first|second point the professor makes is that

    The Professors disagreement with the ideas in the


    reading passage
    The professor challenges the viewpoint expressed in the
    reading, which
    The professors statement that challenges the viewpoint
    expressed in the reading that
    The professor places more value on
    The professor is against
    Although the reading supports, the professor supports
    The professor places ore importance on
    This directly contrasts the reading, which
    This clearly contrasts with the readings argument about
    This goes against the reading passages claim that | about
    This weakens the readings claim that
    refutes | rebuts the point made in the reading.
    The professor casts doubt on the reading by
    This position contrasts with the reading passage, which
    This disproves the notion in the reading passage which states
    In contrast to the reading,

    The Professors support of the ideas in the reading


    passage
    The professor to support

    What the professor supports the readings claim that


    This supports the point made in the reading that
    The point the professor makes in the lecture prove that
    This position supports the reading passage, which

    Independent Writing
    Introduction

    Some people say that Other people say that


    I agree/ disagree with the view that
    There are several/ a number of reasons why
    There is no doubt in my mind that
    There is no question that
    It is better/ It would be better to than to
    My preference is instead of
    is preferable to because
    It seems clear to me that
    I prefer the view that

    Body Paragraphs
    The first reason is that Another reason is that - The
    final reason is that
    This is because
    Therefore, / Thus,
    In addition,
    To illustrate this,
    To be more specific,
    Suppose that / Remember that / Imagine that
    For example, / For instance,

    Conclusion

    Examples like these show why ( how )


    Reasons like these support the conclusion that
    For these reasons,
    For the reasons above,
    In conclusion, / To conclude,
    In short / In brief / On the whole / Overall ,
    It is wrong to say that
    This/That is why I think that

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