Therefore, ergo and thus could be the word you're looking for.
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what can I replace for "In this essay..."
I'm doing an essay for college and I used thesaurus.com to help me paraphrase. Afterwards, I found out that it's considered plagiarism to do this. Should I rewrite my whole essay or just change it around to what I would've put if it had been my own words?
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Therefore, ergo and thus could be the word you're looking for.
There are some really good options available in this question here: replacement-for-this-means-that on english.stackexchange
Taking a look through the whole site here might also give a side benefit of expanding your overall knowledge & use of the English language, which is generally helpful to those of us who are cursed to be writers and are trying to do so in the language aberration that is English...
Metonym.
Wikipedia describes metonymy as:
Metonymy ... is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept.
It goes on:
For instance, "Hollywood" is used as a metonym for the U.S. film industry because of the fame and cultural identity of Hollywood, a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, as the historical center of film studios and film stars. The national capital is often used to represent the government of a country, such as "Westminster" for Parliament of the United Kingdom,
Also:
Synecdoche and metalepsis are considered specific types of metonymy.
I believe you're looking for epitome:
a perfect example: an example that represents or expresses something very well
I'm in my first year of uni & they don't use phrases like the one above. I used this all throughout high school. I'm not sure what to replace it with as I'm not allowed to use this type of language in uni.
Allegory
1. a poem, play, picture, etc, in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning 2. the technique or genre that this represents 3. use of such symbolism to illustrate truth or a moral 4. anything used as a symbol or emblem
The literary device is known as a 'Symbolism in literature' or a variant.
The symbolist movement in literature / by Arthur ... . Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945 states:
Symbolism in literature really is: a form of expression, at the best but approximate, essen- tially but arbitrary, until it has obtained the force of a convention, for an unseen reality ap- prehended by the consciousness. It is some- times permitted to us to hope that our conven- Rtion is indeed the reflection rather than merely the sign of that unseen reality.
Double entendre (edited Wiki excerpt):
A double entendre is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to be understood in either of two ways, having a double meaning. Typically one of the meanings is obvious, given the context whereas the other may require more thought. The innuendo may convey a message that would be socially awkward, sexually suggestive or offensive to state directly. (The Oxford English Dictionary describes a double entendre as being used to "convey an indelicate meaning", whilst Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines it as "a word or phrase that may be understood in two different ways, one of which is often sexual")
A double entendre may exploit puns to convey the second meaning. Double entendres generally rely on multiple meanings of words, or different interpretations of the same primary meaning. They often exploit ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text. Sometimes a homophone (i.e. another word which sounds the same) can be used as a pun.
A person who is unfamiliar with the hidden or alternative meaning of a sentence may fail to detect its innuendos, aside from observing that others find it humorous for no apparent reason. Perhaps because it is not offensive to those who do not recognize it, innuendo is often used in sitcoms and other comedy considered suitable for children, who may enjoy the comedy while being oblivious to its second meanings. For example, it has been suggested that Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing used this ploy to present a surface level description of the play as well as a pun on the Elizabethan use of "nothing" as slang for vagina.
i have a exam on tuesday but i need more connecting words like this illustrates, this gives the impression of, this relates to, the emphasis used, ect