U80: academic writing - text structure

Question 1

to reiterate

Answer 1

to repeat / restate

Question 2

to epitomise

Answer 2

to be a perfect example of

Question 3

to assert

Answer 3

to say that something is certainly true

Question 4

expounded

Answer 4

developed, proposed

Question 5

to underscore

Answer 5

to emphasise

Question 6

to posit

Answer 6

to suggest as a basic fact

Question 7

to account for

Answer 7

to explain / find the cause of

Question 8

to (be) comprise(d) (of)

Answer 8

to make up / to be composed of

Question 9

to be subsumed

Answer 9

to be brought together

Question 10

to preface

Answer 10

to begin

Question 11

to allude to

Answer 11

to refer to

Question 12

to touch upon something

Answer 12

to include something very briefly