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Vocabulary For Writing

The document provides a comprehensive list of vocabulary and phrases useful for writing essays, categorized by their function such as expressing opinions, giving examples, and summarizing arguments. It includes phrases for both strong and weak agreement or disagreement, as well as recommendations and conclusions. This resource aims to enhance clarity and effectiveness in academic writing.

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Vocabulary For Writing

The document provides a comprehensive list of vocabulary and phrases useful for writing essays, categorized by their function such as expressing opinions, giving examples, and summarizing arguments. It includes phrases for both strong and weak agreement or disagreement, as well as recommendations and conclusions. This resource aims to enhance clarity and effectiveness in academic writing.

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USEFUL WRITING VOCABULARY

Background to the topic


It is widely believed that… The majority of people (who I know) seem to
… is a common talking point./ It is a common think that… In modern life,…
view that…/ It is commonly thought that…/ … has been getting a lot of newspaper coverage
There is a common opinion that… recently./ … has been in the news a lot recently. .
There has been a change in… For people nowadays,…/ (In my country) many
…is a controversial topic./ is very controversial. (older/ younger) people (think/ say that)... It is
Over the last few years/ decades… often said that… In today’s society,…
There has been a lot of discussion of…/ There There are two very different points of view on
has been a lot of debate over…/ There has the topic of… In our globalised world,…
been a lot of controversy over…

Giving weak opinions Explaining the structure of your essay

Although the arguments for/ against are also quite I will examine both sides below and then
convincing,…/ Although there are also arguments for/ against… give my own opinion./ After looking at
Although there are both advantages and disadvantages,… this matter from both sides, I will…
I don’t have much experience of this, but…/ In my limited
I have divided my essay into three parts.
experience,…
I will give three reasons for that below.
I’m no expert on this, but…
In my humble opinion,… As far as I know,…/ I don’t know (very)
I will look at/ write about/ examine/
much about this topic, but…/ To the best of my knowledge,… consider/ discuss … and then …
In my personal opinion,…/ I personally feel that ...
I would guess that…/ I would imagine that…/ I would probably
say that…

Giving strong opinions Strongly agreeing


I strongly/ totally/ wholeheartedly
I’m absolutely certain that…/ I’m absolutely positive that…/ agree that…
I’m absolutely convinced that…/ There can be absolutely no I couldn’t agree with… more. …
doubt that…/ I have absolutely no doubt that… is absolutely right. …
I am certain that…/ I certainly don't believe that ... makes complete sense. …
It seems clear to me that…/ It is clear to me that… is exactly/ just what I think.
I would definitely say that…
I have (absolutely) no doubt that…/ There can be
(absolutely) no doubt that…/ I don’t think anyone can doubt
Weakly agreeing
that…/ Without (the shadow of) a doubt…
I can probably accept that…
In my honest opinion,…
I might be able to accept that…
It seems obvious to me that…/ It is obvious to me that…/
I partially/ partly agree with…
Obviously… I really think that…
… seems to make sense.
I strongly believe that…/ I strongly object to (the idea that)…

Strongly disagreeing Weakly disagreeing/ Politely disagreeing


There’s no way I can accept that… I don’t really agree with…/ I don’t think I agree
I can’t agree with the idea of…/ I don’t agree with…/ I’m not sure that I agree with…
at all with…/ I really don’t agree with… I can see why some people might think that, but…/
I can’t see any merit in… I can understand why people think that, but…
Giving examples Supporting your opinions /Personal experience
A relevant experience I had was…/ Although I don’t
A (good) example of this is…/ An example
have (much) experience of this…,…./ Experience has
from my own experience is…/ For
shown me that…/ From personal experience, I would
example,…/ To give an example,…/ One
say…/ I (once) experienced this when…/ In my
(typical/ well known) example of this is… (personal/ limited/ own) experience,…/ This is
For instance,... supported by my own experience in that…
…, such as… I have (generally) found that…

Other people opinions and knowledge/ Giving reasons/ Cause and


effect/ Consequences Further explanation
Things you heard and read
According to an article that I This is caused by… In other words…/
read last week,…/ According As a consequence of this,…/ To put that another way,…
to one of my professors… One consequence of this is… That is to say…
I once heard that…/ I once This is due to…
read that…/ I once saw a … in order to…
television programme in For that reason,…/ The main
which…/ Someone once told reason for that is…
me that… As a result of that,…

Looking at both sides/ Looking Recommending/ Giving advice/ Talking about solutions/
at the other side/ Contrasting Adding a further point that leads on from your conclusion

but you could also say that…


The best idea is to…/ The best solution is…/ The best thing to
On the other hand,…
do would be…
It is also possible to argue the
We have (absolutely) no choice but to…
opposite point that… The government should do something about/ find a solution
Looking at the other side of the for/ put more effort into/ work towards/ deal with/ take
argument,… action on/ take care of/ try to solve…
Despite (all) this…/ In spite of all this,… We really must…/ We really need to…/ We really have to…/
Turning to the opposing argument,…/ We really should…
Turning from the pros to the cons,…

Summarising/ Conclusion
As should be clear from the arguments above,…/ I therefore conclude that…./ In conclusion,
For (all) the reasons given above,…/ Taking (all) Having considered (all) the points above,…/
the things above into account,… Having weighed up both sides of the argument,
Overall,…/ All in all,… Although the arguments The benefits of ... outweigh the drawbacks. To
against are also quite convincing,…/ Although restate the arguments above,…
there are also arguments for (such as…)/ As I said in the introduction, I am convinced
Although there are both advantages and that…
disadvantages above,… To sum up what I have written above,…/ To
On balance, I would say that… summarise the points above,… On the whole,…

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