Top 50 Analytical Words and Phrases to Use in Your Essay

When you work on your analytical essays, you need proper analytical language. The following ready to use phrases will help you a lot. You’re welcome to use this academic phrase bank by simply filling in the gaps:

❗ The Importance of the Topic

1. X has been studied in the recent several decades because…
2. One of the most significant current discussions is…
3. In the past years, X has attracted much attention as…
4. Recently there has been an increasing interest in…
5. In the recent decades, X has been one of the major interesting research questions due to…

📚 References to Literature

6. There is a consensus between scholars that…
7. The relationship between X and Y has been widely investigated by…
8. A number of studies have concluded that…
9. Previous research has confirmed that…
10. Latest studies have found out that…

🗣️ References to the Author

11. X highlights the need to…
12. X has pointed out at the challenges and strategies for…
13. X raised several concerns about…
14. X indicated that…
15. X has demonstrated that…

🔍 Contradicting Evidence

16. Despite prior evidence,…
17. In contrast, the study conducted by X concluded that…
18. However, this is contrary to a study conducted by X…
19. However, X has later shown that…
20. X found out differences suggesting that…

🕳️ Gap in Knowledge

21. There has been little discussion about…
22. Few studies have been carried out on…
23. Little attention has been paid to…
24. The problem of X has not been considered before in any of the reviewed resources.
25. As shown above, there is no reliable evidence that…

📊 Data from Tables/ Charts

26. As shown in table 1,…
27. Figure 1 clearly shows that…
28. Figure A illustrates…
29. Figure A exhibits…
30. …are illustrated in Figure A.

📜 Classifications and Listings

31. X may be divided into three main categories.
32. This system of classification is in need of a revision.
33. There are three main approaches currently being used in investigating X.
34. To better understand the mechanisms of X, the author classified it into three distinct types, based on…
35. X is generally classified into two main types…

💬 Cause and Effect

🛍️ Trends

41. The graph shows that there has been a gradual increase in…
42. The number of Xs is likely to steadily grow after…
43. X peaked (reached a low) in 1993.
44. The amount of X is expected to remain steady.
45. The rate of X will probably decline steadily…

💡 Other Topics

46. One major drawback of this approach is that…
47. Another problem with this method is that…
48. All the previously mentioned methods suffer from some serious drawbacks.
49. The scholars challenge the widely held view that…
50. Many analysts also argued that the strategy of X has not been successful.

So, analyze the trends, contradictions and literature, using these patterns in your analytical essays. Good luck! Stay motivated and inspired.