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TOEFL WRITING (Integrated Section)

The lecturer

examines / discusses / explores / describes / states / contends / points out / explains / believes / mentions/ asserts

The lecturer The lecturer’s point The lecturer’s argument The lecturer’s evidence This (These, These findings, These facts, These points) (부사구 형태로)	casts doubt on rebuts refutes argues against contradicts is in opposition to counters challenges ~, contrary to ~, as opposed to	the reading passage’s		claim point assertion contention argument view praise (of N)	that (S+V)
		the reading (passage)	which states which highlighted (N)
		the point* made in the reading passage * claim, assertion 등 대입하여 사용

* directly, thus, effectively 등의 부사 : 주어와 동사 사이에 적절히 사용하여 의미를 강조

First, First off, First of all, For one [thing],

Secondly, Next, In addition, What’s more, Furthermore, On top of that, (S) also (V)

Last, Lastly, Finally,

One [simple] reason

why (S+V) that (S+V)

is that (S+V)

The other main point Another main point

that the lecturer makes

is that (S+V)

Another reason

why (S+V) to view (N) with suspicion

* The lecturer offers evidence to show that (S+V)

* The lecturer provides information that is contrary to the reading passage’s claim that (S+V)

* the benefits the reading passage’s argument would have us believe.

* ~~~ not ~~~, as promised by the reading passage.

* The reading passage, however, argued that (S+V), which was clearly not the case in (N, 장소) that the lecturer described.

* For example,

* Thus,

* Therefore,

* ~ cannot be endorsed because (S+V) : ~은 (S+V)하기 때문에 지지될 수 없다.

* This means that (S+V)

* As a result,

* Consequently,

* Not only that,

* In particular,

* As it turns out, (실제로는)