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This section gives some ideas on how to expand and develop your writing style in order to present your ideas in a deeper and more thoughtful way.

Beginning / introducing an idea and concept ...

To understand the role of (topic) this essay aims to provide a discussion of the (my ideas) ...

This essay seeks to investigate / evaluate / illustrate / explore / discuss the impact of (my topic) in relation to (my hypothesis or ideas I will develop) ...

Firstly, this assignment examines (my topic) and its links with (your idea). Next, it closely examines (next idea) and finally it focused on how it affects (final idea) ...

This section provides a general exploration / discussion / examination of (the idea) ...

Building on from (previous idea) this section will explore / investigate / discuss (next idea) ...

Another line of thought / a counter opinion / an opposing point is ...

General explaining ...

In order to ...

In other words ...

To put this another way ...

That is to say ...

(Source) claims that ...

Adding details ...

It is important to recognise ...

Additionally ...

To support this argument ...

Contextually ...

It is essentially a ...

Furthermore, ...

There is evidence shown in ...

Though my analysis I will be showing / exploring / demonstrating ...

Consequently, ...

It is important to note that ...

From this, we can learn that ...

Developing this point ...

Point making ...

My argument here is that ...

I believe that ...

Notably ...

It is important to note that ...

Obviously ...

Opposing ...

However, ...

On the other hand ...

Despite this, it is also thought that ...

Although, ...

Having said that ...

By contrast ...

Notwithstanding ...

To a certain extent this is correct but ...

This argument is not relevant to this topic because ...

It is important to note that ...

In contrast to (idea) we also need to consider (another idea)

However other research indicates that ...

There is a need for nuance when considering (idea)

Giving examples ...

For instance ...

To give an examples ...

To illustrate this point ...

This can be shown by ...

Endings ...

To evaluate ...

To conclude ...

Therefore ...

In conclusion ...

Ultimately ...

All things considered ...

In closing ...

In summation ...

Taking all points into account ...

Overall ...

On balance ...

To summerise ...

Above all ...

Clearly, this essay has shown that ...

The main factors demonstrate that ...

To conclude this assignment has shown that (idea) and (idea) and shown that (conclusion)

To conclude this assignment has addressed (idea) and (idea) and shown that (conclusion)

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