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Frases tiles p ara la e scritura d e e nsayos y composiciones e n e spaol

Frases para presentar o introducir ideas / tesis
para empezar (to begin w ith)
en primer lugar (in the first place)
como punto de partida (as point of departure)
la idea principal de (the m ain idea)
el propsito principal de (the m ain purpose of; the goal of)

Frases para relacionar ideas / argumentos
para continuar (to continue)
por un lado (on the one hand)
por el otro lado; por otra parte; en cambio (on the other hand)
mientras tanto (meanwhile)
durante (during)
adems (in addition; also, m oreover)
tambin (also; too)
entonces (then)
luego (then)
despus de + infinitivo (after)
mientras (while)
y (and)
pero (but)
sino (but; rather)
sino que (but; rather)
sin embargo (nevertheless)
aunque (even though; even if; although)
a pesar de + infinitivo (in spite of)
en realidad (in fact, in reality, really)
hay que tomar en cuenta ( you have to take into account)
lo importante es (the important thing is)
por eso; por tanto; por lo tanto; por consiguiente (therefore)
desafortunadamente; desgraciadamente; (unfortunately)
afortunadamente (fortunately)
para ilustrar (to illustrate)
por ejemplo (for example)
a causa de (because of)
como/en consecuencia (consequently)






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Frases para apoyar ideas / argumentos
es evidente que ; est claro que (it is evident that)
es lgico pensar que (it is logical to think that)
coincidir con (to agree w ith)
concordar con (to be in agreement w ith)
estar de acuerdo con (to agree w ith)
discrepar de/con (to disagree w ith)

Frases para introducir citas (quotes)
de acuerdo con; segun (according to)
como bien afirma X (as X rightly states)
como enfatiza X (as X points out; remarks)
como sugiere X (as X suggests)
coincido con las palabras de X (I agree w ith X when he/she says)

Frases para concluir ideas / argumentos
en conclusin (in conclusion)
en resumen (in summary; to summarize)
para concluir (to conclude)
para terminar (to conclude)
finalmente (finally)
en fin; en suma (in short)

Verbos tiles para la argumentacin
analizar (to analize)
examinar (to study; to analize)
comentar (to discuss)
destacar; enfatizar (to emphasize; stress; note)
argumentar (to argue)
sugerir (to suggest)
querer decir; significar (to m ean)
opinar (to say, to give your opinion)
aclarar (to clarify)
especificar (to specify)
ilustrar (to teach, to show, to enlighten)
investigar (to research; to investigate; to study)
proponer (to suggest)