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Introducing Your Opinion/Stance:

In my opinion,

I believe

It is my belief that

There is no doubt that

From my point of view

It seems to me that

I question whether

I (dis) agree with

I maintain that

Introducing Your Reasons:

First,  

In the first place,        Furthermore,

Secondly

Thirdly,        

Finally,      

Lastly,

Equally important

In the first place

Likewise

In addition,

Similarly,

Besides,         

Next,             

Moreover,   

Also,

Introducing Examples/Reasons:

For example,

In fact,

For instance,

As evidence,

In support of this,

Counterargument:

 (What “they” say)

Opponents may

I realize some may

I understand others

Even though some

Although some may

Some people

Opponents may

Your idea to ____ deserves some merit

Say

Believe

Feel

Maintain

Want

Favour

Support

Argue

State

Rebuttal:

 (What I say)

However,

Yet,

But, I doubt

Yet, I question

On the other hand

Nevertheless

Even so,

In spite of this,

Conversely,

On the contrary,

Concluding your argument:

For the reasons above,

As you can see,

As I have noted,

In other words,

On the whole,

In short,

Without a doubt,

Obviously,

Unquestionably,

In brief,

Undoubtedly,