40 Useful Words and Phrases for Top-Notch Essays Oxford Royale Academy

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To be truly brilliant, an essay needs to utilise the right language. You could make a
great point, but if it’s not intelligently articulated, you almost needn’t have bothered.
Developing the language skills to build an argument and to write persuasively is crucial
if you’re to write outstanding essays every time. In this article, we’re going to equip you
with the words and phrases you need to write a top-notch essay, along with examples
of how to utilise them.
It’s by no means an exhaustive list, and there will often be other ways of using the
words and phrases we describe that we won’t have room to include, but there should
be more than enough below to help you make an instant improvement to your essay-
writing skills.
This article is suitable for native English speakers and those who are 
learning English
at 
Oxford Royale Academy
and are just taking their first steps into essay writing.
General explaining
Let’s start by looking at language for general explanations of complex points.
1. In order to
Usage: “In order to” can be used to introduce an explanation for the purpose of an
argument.
Example: “In order to understand X, we need first to understand Y.”
40 Useful Words and Phrases for Top-Notch Essays
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2. In other words
Usage: Use “in other words” when you want to express something in a different way
(more simply), to make it easier to understand, or to emphasise or expand on a point.
Example: “Frogs are amphibians. In other words, they live on the land and in the water.”
3. To put it another way
Usage: This phrase is another way of saying “in other words”, and can be used in