discourse marker · academic
as an illustration
/æz ən ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən/as an il·lus·TRA·tion
used when giving an example that clarifies or supports a point
Examples
“To make the idea clearer, as an illustration I will describe a typical school in my hometown.”
“As an illustration, the survey found that nearly half of respondents prefer evening classes.”
“As an illustration of the problem, consider the lack of affordable housing in many cities.”
Band 8 sentence
“As an illustration of how local policies can succeed, the city’s recycling programme halved landfill waste in two years.”
Collocations
- serve as an illustration
- offer/ provide an illustration
Word family
Common mistakes
I will give example of urbanisation.→I will give an example of urbanisation.
I example my point by telling a story.→I illustrate my point by telling a story.
Say it for a higher band
5an example→6this shows→7+as an illustration
Synonyms
as shown by
Easily confused
as illustrated in
“As illustrated in the chart, the unemployment rate has dropped over the last five years.”
as shown by
“As shown by the survey results, most students prefer evening classes.”
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