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Phrases To Give Examples

This document discusses the importance of using phrases that introduce examples to support arguments. It provides a long list of example introduction phrases like "for instance", "to give an example", and "this is exemplified by". The phrases can be used to introduce examples, indicate that more examples exist, compare examples, describe how common an example is, evaluate an example, number examples, and provide additional context about an example. Mastering these example introduction phrases is useful for academic writing, presentations, and debates.

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Phrases To Give Examples

This document discusses the importance of using phrases that introduce examples to support arguments. It provides a long list of example introduction phrases like "for instance", "to give an example", and "this is exemplified by". The phrases can be used to introduce examples, indicate that more examples exist, compare examples, describe how common an example is, evaluate an example, number examples, and provide additional context about an example. Mastering these example introduction phrases is useful for academic writing, presentations, and debates.

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Phrases like “such as”, “to use a well-known example” and “e.g.

” are vital for supporting arguments in


situations such as presentations, debates and academic writing (including IELTS Academic Writing Task 2).
They are also useful for clarifying meaning. Unlike much functional language, it is well worth students
having a good selection of phrases for this point, as it is often necessary to give lots of examples and good
English style means not repeating yourself, particularly in writing.
Phrases that have the basic “for example” meaning include:
 for instance, …
 …, for instance
 …, including(:) …

There are also many general expressions with the actual word “example”, including:
 By way of example, …
 If I can use an example, …
 To give an example, …
 I’d like to illustrate my point with an example
 An example to show (you) what I’m talking about is …

It is also possible to use the verb form: “This is exemplified by …”


Then there are phrases that come afterwards to show that the things mentioned are not the only
examples:
 … among other examples.
 … and other things of that nature.
 … and so forth.
 … and so on.
 I could give other examples (but I think I’ve made my point).
 I’m sure there are more.
 Those are just a few examples.

At least as useful as the example giving phrases above are phrases that give more specific information
about examples. Most of these can be categorised as follows:

Comparing with the previous example


 A better example is …
 A different example is …
 A less clearly connected example is …
 A less well-known example is …
 A similar example is …

Mentioning how often the example is used


 A common example is …
 A well-known example is …
 The most famous example is …
 A much quoted example is …
 A typical example is …
 An example that is often used to illustrate this point is …
 An obscure example is …
 This is often illustrated with the example of …

Evaluating the example Numbering the examples


 Perhaps the best example is …  An additional example is …
 By far the best illustration of this is …  Another example is …
 A great example is …  There are many examples, such as …
 My favourite example of this is …  To give one example of what I mean …
 One of the best examples is …  To give just one of many examples, …
 The most obvious example is …  Just one of many examples is …

Giving additional information about the example


 A recent example is …
 An example (that) you might be familiar with is …
 An example from my own experience (which I’d like to share at this point) is …
 An example which I often use is …
 One example that I heard is …
 One example that springs to mind is …
You could also present questions asking for examples and phrases that explain why an example is being
used, such as “This is difficult to link to our real lives without the use of an example.”

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