Useful Essay Words and Phrases
Adding more to a point already mademoreover; furthermore; again;
further; what is more; in addition= inoltrebesides= inoltre; above
all= innanzitutto; as well (as)= come pureeither; neithernor=
n...... n; not onlybut also; similarly; correspondingly; in the
same way; indeed= infattiin fact= in effetti; really; in reality,
as for= per quanto riguarda; as to; with respect to; regarding= in
quanto a, in riguardo a
Writing in listsfirst(ly); second(ly); third(ly)another; yet
another; in addition; finallyto begin with; in the second
placemoreover; additionally; alsonext; then; and to conclude;
lastly; finally
the same idea in a different wayin other words= in altre parole;
rather; or; better; in that caseto put it (more) simply= per dirlo
in parole pi sempliciin view of this; with this in mind = tenendo
ci in mente
Introducing examplesthat is to say= cio; in other wordsfor
example; for instance; namely; an example of this isand; as in the
following examples; such as; especially; particularly; in
particular; notably; chiefly; mainly; mostly
Introducing an alternative viewpointby contrast; another way of
viewing this is; alternatively; one alternative is; another
possibility ison the one handon the other hand= da una parte...
dallaltraconversely= on the contrary= al contrario; though;
although= sebbene
Returning to emphasise your earlier viewpointHowever= comunque
(contrasto); Nonetheless= ci nonostante( a inizio frase);
Despite(something); in spite of (something) = malgradoalthough;
though= sebbeneat the same time; on the other hand; even if x is
true;
Showing the results of somethingTherefore= quindi; as a result =
come risultatoso, (then,) it can be seen thatthe result is; the
consequence isresulting from this; consequently; nowwe can see,
then, that; it is evident thatbecause of this; thus; hence; for
this reason; owing to x= a causa di x; otherwise= altrimenti;in
that case; that implies= in quell caso, ci implica
Summing up or concludingTherefore= quindi; so, my conclusion is=
quindi, la mia conclusione in short; in conclusion; to conclude; in
all; on the wholeto summarise= per riassumere; to sum up briefly=
per riassumere brevemente; overall= complessivamente
