LANGUAGE ARTS

8th grade – Seniors Class

Vocabulary Handout

Goal: To get familiar with new vocabulary that can be used in a debate.

 Giving opinions  Interrupting:

It is logical that… I'm sorry I didn't catch what you said...
From my point of view… Excuse me, can I just say/ask………….?
You/we have to remember that… Sorry to interrupt but…….
One of the reasons for…
It seems obvious that…  Stopping interruptions:
That is the reason why… If I could just finish……….
You can’t deny that… Give me one second……
It would be quite disastrous/ interesting/ amazing…
for …. If…  “I’m listening to the other side.”
I see your point, but I think…
 Giving more information when stating or Yes, I understand, but my opinion is that…
That’s all very interesting, but the problem is that…
declaring your view:
I really feel that.....................
 Sequencing your evidence/reasons:
What I mean is.............. Firstly…, secondly…, our third point is that…
My impression is that………… The first good reason to… is that… ; next… ; what’s
The point is that….. more… ; moreover….
I (personally) believe that……… To begin, we think that… ; in addition, you have to
I think/I don’t think that……… know that… ; last but not least….
The first point I would like to raise is this…
The problem lies in the fact that….

 Agreeing/disagreeing:
You have a point there but….
Maybe we need to consider that…
You make a good case, however……
Excuse me, but that’s not quite correct.
I agree with you in some way but…
I couldn’t agree more
I’m afraid that has nothing to do with…
It’s true to say that but/and…