Guidelines for a food piece of writing:

Write 150-200 words.

Write accurately.
The first sentence of each paragraph should say what the paragraph is about.
State your opinions and give reasons for them.
Use a variety of verbs, tenses, adverbs and adjectives, mindfully and correctly.
Make a conscious effort to include some sophisticated phrases from this list.
Round it all off with a conclusion.
Beginnings

On parle beaucoup en ce moment de. [There is a lot of talk right now about]

Giving Examples

par exemple[For example]

comme [like, as]

quant [as fasr as/as for]

Quant aux possibilits dutilisation de lnergie solaire, le gouvernement devra jouer un rle
plus actif.

lexemple deconfirme [que] : [the example of confirms]

Lexemple de Michle confirme cette amlioration.

To announce a new step

il ne faut pas oublier que [we musnt forget that]

on notera que [you will notice that]

il faut souligner que [it must be stressed that]

rappelons que [lets remember that]

To set out a series of events

dabord, tout dabord, premirement [first]

par consquent [as a result]

ensuite [then]

cest pourquoi [thats why]

enfin [finally]

ainsi [thius, so, in that way]

Interesting Structures

en train de [in the middle of something]

sur le point de [about to, on the verge of]

aprs avoir + past participle [after having]

avant de + infinitive [before something]

en arrivant [upon arriving]

To express a personal point of view

mon avis [in my opinion]

il me semble que [it seems to me that]

je trouve que [I find that/I think that]

Contrasting points of view

pourtant [nevertheless, said that]

dautre part [besides, moreover]

alors que[while/even though]

certains disent que[some say that]

Linking Phrases

cela dit [having said that]

puis [then]

ensuite [following that, then]

par consquent [as a result]

autrement dit [in other words]

Emphasizing a point

en plus [in addition]

ce qui est de plus [whats more]

surtout [above all]

dailleurs [besides/moreover]
To express that which is certain

il va de soi que [it goes without saying that]

il est vident que [it is evident that]

il va sans dire que [it goes without saying that]

To express that which is not certain

il se peut que [it may be that]

il est possible que [it is possible that]

Constructing complex sentences

non seulementaussi [Not onlybut also]

Non seulement elle doit tre son bureau pendant huit heures, mais elle doit aussi soccuper
de sa maison et de ses enfants.

cependant [yet]

quel[le] que soit [whatevermay be]

Quel que soit ton niveau de franais, tu comprendras ce film.

bien entendumais [of coursebut]

Bien entendu, vous pouvez rester, mais il faut payer un supplment.

Listing reasons

dabord / tout dabord [first of all]

dailleurs [besides]

deuximement [secondly]

Giving opinions

ce que jaime cest [what I like is]

ce qui ne me plat pas, cest[what I dont like is]

ce qui importe, cest [what is important, is]

limportant, cest que [the important thing is]

mon avis [in my opinion]

je pense que [I think that]

je crois que [I believe that] (Belief)

je trouve que [I find that] (Opinion)

il est certain que [it is certain that]

bien sr[surely, of course]

Conclusion

en conclusion [in conclusion]

pour conclure [to conclude]

en bref [in short]

de tout faon [in any case]

voil, comme vous voyez [as you see]

en fin de compte [all in all]

ainsi/donc [thus/so]

en fait [in fact]

en somme [in summary]

de toute faon [in any case]

on peut conclure en disant que [one may conclude by stating that]