Useful Essay Words and Phrases
Useful Essay Words and Phrases
Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the direction your line of reasoning is about to take, such as adding more emphasis, or introducing an alternative point of view.
Below is a selection of words used to link ideas, depending on the direction of your argument.
Adding more to a point already made moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition besides; above all; as well (as) either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in the same way; indeed in fact; really; in reality, it is found that… as for; as to; with respect to; regarding
Writing in lists first(ly); second(ly); third(ly) another; yet another; in addition; finally to begin with; in the second place moreover; additionally; also next; then; and to conclude; lastly; finally
Putting the same idea in a different way in other words; rather; or; better; in that case to put it (more) simply in view of this; with this in mind to look at this another way
Introducing examples that is to say; in other words for example; for instance; namely; an example of this is and; as follows; as in the following examples; such as; including especially; particularly; in particular; notably; chiefly; mainly; mostly
Introducing an alternative viewpointUseful Essay Words and Phrases
Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the direction your line of reasoning is about to take, such as adding more emphasis, or introducing an alternative point of view.
Below is a selection of words used to link ideas, depending on the direction of your argument.
Adding more to a point already made moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition besides; above all; as well (as) either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in the same way; indeed in fact; really; in reality, it is found that… as for; as to; with respect to; regarding
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Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the direction your line of reasoning is about to take, such as adding more emphasis, or introducing an alternative point of view.
Below is a selection of words used to link ideas, depending on the direction of your argument.
Adding more to a point already made moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition besides; above all; as well (as) either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in the same way; indeed in fact; really; in reality, it is found that… as for; as to; with respect to; regarding
Writing in lists first(ly); second(ly); third(ly) another; yet another; in addition; finally to begin with; in the second place moreover; additionally; also next; then; and to conclude; lastly; finally
Putting the same idea in a different way in other words; rather; or; better; in that case to put it (more) simply in view of this; with this in mind to look at this another way
Introducing examples that is to say; in other words for example; for instance; namely; an example of this is and; as follows; as in the following examples; such as; including especially; particularly; in particular; notably; chiefly; mainly; mostly
Introducing an alternative viewpointUseful Essay Words and Phrases
Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the direction your line of reasoning is about to take, such as adding more emphasis, or introducing an alternative point of view.
Below is a selection of words used to link ideas, depending on the direction of your argument.
Adding more to a point already made moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition besides; above all; as well (as) either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in the same way; indeed in fact; really; in reality, it is found that… as for; as to; with respect to; regarding
Writing
References: Stella Cottrell The Study Skills Handbook (Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003) Useful words and phrases found in research reading | | |