Literature essay phrases and structures 6th Form

Vamos a examinar los argumentos a favor y en contra

we are going to examine the arguments for and against

Trataré de determinar las causas principales de

I shall try to identify the main causes of

Mi objetivo principal es

my main aim is

Vamos a abordar el aspecto de

let us tackle the aspect of

Para comenzar/empezar, sería útil

To begin, it would be useful to

Esta obra, ambientada en

this work, set in

Vamos a considerar, en primer lugar

let us first consider

En segundo lugar, analicemos

Secondly, let us analyse

A primera vista

at first glance

En primer/segundo/tercer lugar

in the first (second, third) place

Para empezar, examinemos

to start, let's examine

No cabe duda de que

there is no doubt that

No se puede negar que

it cannot be denied that

Parece ser que

it seems that

Lo que es cierto es que

what is certain is that

Es indudable que

there's no doubt that

La verdad es que

the truth is that

El factor más importante es que

the most important factor is that

Parece mentira que + subjunctive

It's hard to believe that...

Es lamentable que + subjunctive

it's a shame that

Es difícil de imaginar que

it's hard to imagine that

Es inconcebible que + subjunctive

it's inconceivable that

Es vergonzoso que + subjunctive

it is shameful that

(No) me sorprende que

It doesn't surprise me that

Es chocante que

It's shocking that

Es escandaloso que + subjunctive

it's scandalous that

por una parte/por otra parte

on the one hand/on the other hand

Otro hecho que debería mencionar es

another fact that I should mention is

Esta cita parece sugerir/ indicar que

this quote seems to suggest/ indicate that

Un posible significado de esto podría ser que

a possible meaning of this could be that

Una interpretación posible de... es que

a possible interpretation of...is that

Para mí, esto significa que

for me, this means that

Lo que sugiere que

which suggests that

Lo que confirma que

which confirms that

Aquí debemos notar que

here we must note that

Esta cita destaca cómo.../ lo_(importante) que es

this quote highlights how... / how (important)_______is

Es importante que comprendamos cómo/ que

It's important that we understand how/ that

El momento en el cual/ en el que

the moment in which

Puede que esto indique que

this may indicate that

es importante destacar que

It's important to highlight that

esto revela

this reveals

esto demuestra claramente

this clearly demonstrates

o sea, es decir

that is to say

Para concluir

to conclude

concluyendo

to conclude

Todo parece indicar que

everything seems to point to the fact that

De esto se deduce que

From this it can be deduced that

Teniendo en cuenta todos los puntos de vista

taking into account all points of view

Para resumir

to summarise

He llegado a la conclusión/ podríamos llegar a la conclusión de que

- I have arrived at the conclusion that/ we could arrive at the conclusion that