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Useful Essay Words and Phrases

Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the directionyour line of reasoning is about to take, such as adding more emphasis, orintroducing an alternative point of view.

Below is a selection of words used to link ideas, depending on the direction ofyour argument.

Adding more to a point already made

moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in additionbesides; above all; as well (as)either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in thesame 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; finallyto begin with; in the second placemoreover; additionally; alsonet; then; and to conclude; lastly; finally

Putting the same idea in a different way

in other words; rather; or; better; in that caseto put it (more) simplyin view of this; with this in mindto look at this another way

Introducing examples

that is to say; in other wordsfor eample; for instance; namely; an eample of this isand; as follows; as in the following eamples; such as; includingespecially; particularly; in particular; notably; chiefly; mainly; mostly

Introducing an alternative viewpoint

by contrast; another way of viewing this is; alternatively; again; rather; onealternative is; another possibility ison the one hand…on the other handconversely; in comparison; on the contrary; in fact; though; although

Returning to emphasise your earlier viewpoint

however; nonetheless; in the final analysis; despite ; notwithstanding ; inspite of while may be true, nonetheless



although; though; after all; at the same time; on the other hand; all the same;even if is true; although may have a good point

Showing the results of something

therefore; accordingly; as a resultso, (then,) it can be seen thatthe result is; the conse!uence isresulting from this; conse!uently; nowwe can see, then, that; it is evident thatbecause of this; thus; hence; for this reason; owing to ; this suggests that; itfollows thatin other words; otherwise; in that case; that implies

Summing up or concluding

therefore; so, my conclusion isin short; in conclusion; to conclude; in all; on the wholeto summarise; to sum up briefly; in brief; altogether; overall; thus; thus we cansee that

Useful phrases to introduce quotations

• as " points out,…

• #ccording to ",…

• $o !uote from ", %…&• " states'suggests that…

• " tells'shows us that…

• n an article entitled %ame of $et&, " makes the point that…

• *eferring to …, " argues that

• #s " stated'wrote'argued'discussed'epressed the concern, …

• n ame of $et, " primarily suggests …

• +hilst acknowledging … " makes the significant claim that …

• +riting in -/, " argued that …

Useful phrases to follow quotations

• 0owever, 1 suggests that

• 1et this does not go far enough

• $his seems untenable because

• $his theory best fits the known facts, since…

*eferences

2tella Cottrell The Study Skills Handbook (Basingstoke3 4algrave 5ac5illan,

667)



eiriau defnyddiol!

5ae rhai geiriau yn cael ei defnyddio yn amlwg awgrymu cyfeiriad ydrafodaeth ac i amlygu natur yr ysgrifennu. 5ae&r geiriau hyn yn hynod

ddefnyddiol &r arholwr fedru cael argraff o&r sgiliau a ddefnyddir gan yrymgeisydd.

sod mae casgliad o eiriau a thermau y gellir eu defnyddio wneudcysylltiadau rhwng y disgrifio.

"chwanegu at #wynt a wnaed eisoes!

1n ychwanegol; ymhellach; unwaith eto; yn ychwanegol; yn yr un modd; o

safbwynt; nid yn unig ...; yn debyg i hyn; cyn belled ag y bo ....; yn wir; gwelirfod; fel a nodwyd eisoes;

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1n gyntaf; yn ail; yn drydydd; yn ychwanegol; un arall; ymhellach; yn olaf;iddechrau; i ddiweddu; yn y pendraw;

Rhoi%r un syniad mewn modd gwahanol!

5ewn geiriau eraill; yn hytrach na; yn well; yn yr achos hwn; i&w roi yn fwysyml; o gofio hyn; i edrych ar hyn mewn modd gwahanol; wrth ystyried osafbwynt arall3

&yflwyno enghreifftiau!

8r enghraifft; hynny yw; ceir enghraifft gyda; yn bennaf; gan gynnwys; yn dilynesiampl; fel a welir;

&yflwyno saf#wynt amgen

wrthgyferbynnu 9 hyn; ar y llaw arall; posibilrwydd arall yw; esboniad arallfyddai; beth bynnag;

'ychwelyd i #wysleisio saf#wynt #laenorol!

Beth bynnag; fodd bynnag; er waethaf hyn; yn y pendraw; heb anghofio am;ar yr un pryd;tra fod ... yn wir; wedi&r cyfan; er fod gan ... bwynt o werth;



I ddangos canlyniad rhyw#eth!

#c felly3 o ganlyniad; yn hynny o beth; y casgliad yw; felly gellir dod i&rcasgliad; mewn geiriau eraill; mae hyn yn awgrymu; yn yr achos hyn; ac o&rherwydd; yn sgil hyn; mae&n glir felly; mae&n dilyn felly; fel arall; yn dilyn o hyn;

wneud casgliad!

#c felly; yn gryno; mewn casgliad; ar y cyfan; yn oll; i grynhoi; felly gellirystyried; i ddiweddu

&yflwyno dyfyniad!

• :el mae " yn nodi …

• 1n l ",…

• ddyfynnu ", %…&

• 5ae " yn nodi ' awgrymu fod…

• 5ae " yn dweud 'dangos wrthym fod …

• 5ewn erthygl o&r enw %Enw y ddogfen’ , mae " yn gwneud y pwynt fod ..

• <an gyfeirio at …, mae " yn dadlau fod

• #s " stated'wrote'argued'discussed'epressed the concern, …

• n ame of $et, " primarily suggests …

• $ray n cydnabod … mae" yn gwneud yr honiad arwyddocaol fod …

•

+rth ysgrifennu yn -/,dadleuoedd " fod …

"n dilyn dyfyniad!

• Beth bynnag, mae = yn awgrymu fod

• 8r nid yw hyn yn mynd yn ddigon pell oherwydd …

• 5ae hyn i&w weld yn anhebygol oherwydd …

• 1 theory hon sy&n ffitio y ffeithiau orau gan fod …

Cyfeiriadau3

2tella Cottrell The Study Skills Handbook (Basingstoke3 4algrave 5ac5illan,667)

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