Below are several vocabulary links to practice. Remember you are not going to be 'tested' on all this vocabulary but this does represent academic vocabulary and expressions to help with essay writing.
Upper Levels
Persuasive Essay
1. INTRODUCCION Y TESIS (1st paragraph)
State broad sentence based on the theme.topic/Pose a hook question
la introducción debe captar la atención del lector y presentar la tesis, que es la postura central del ensayo. (The introduction should capture the attention of the reader and present the thesis/main idea of the essay)
DIME LO QUE QUIERES DECIRME-TELL me what you want to say-be clear-be simple-to the point
INTRO paragraph
2. CUERPO DEL ENSAYO/los parrafos (2-3-4 paragraphs)
DIMELO CON EVIDENCIA - using the information and data from the resources.
La primera fuente discute - the first source discusses...
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a primera fuente nos muestre que-the first source shows us that...
In your own words write about what it shows
Esto confirma que - this confirms that
Esto prueba que - this proves that
Es obvio que - it is obvious that
En la segunda fuente - the second source
Para continuar - to continue
Ademas- In addition to
Es importante que nosotros también consideremos que....It is important that we also consider.....
3. CONCLUSION:
DIME LO QUE ME DIJISTE - (Concluding-last paragraph) Para concluir....
IMPORTANT and helpful vocabularyfor the introductory paragraph:
Palabras
*argumento-argument
*punto de vista-point of view
*tesis-thesis
*propuesta-proposal
*la idea-the idea
Expresiones importantes
* Es evidente que… (It is evident that…)
*No se puede negar que… (It cannot be denied that…)
Está claro que… (It is clear that…)
*Es imprescindible que… (It is essential that…)
*Desde mi punto de vista… (From my point of view…)
*Por un lado… / Por otro lado… (On one hand… / On the other hand…)
* A diferencia de… (Unlike…)
*Se debe tener en cuenta que… (One must take into account that…)
*Al contrario… (On the contrary…)
*Para concluir… (To conclude…)
TRANSITIONAL phrases
*Ademas - besides/in addition to
*es importantes destacar que - it is important to highlight
*No obstante/sin embargo - however
*dado que - given that
*de la misma manera-in the same way
*en consecuencia-as a result of
*en otras palabras-in other words
*como he mencionado antes/anteriormente (as mentioned earlier)
*por ejemplo - for example
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