Connectives placemat
Use a wide variety of connectives to help
link your ideas, sentences and paragraphs.
You may already use adding, cause and
effect, temporal, place or sequencing
connectives when you write.
Writer’s
wordbank
Temporal
Adding
earlier
since
whenever
too
in…hours
until
now
later
already
also
next
finally
after
notably
Comparing
in the same way
as
with
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from
near
likewise
whereas
like
just as
instead of
among
beneath
into
off
Illustrating
in particular
significantly
indeed
for example
on the other hand
as revealed by
in the case of
Qualifying
alternatively
otherwise
such as
for instance
moreover
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out of
outside
towards
Contrasting
similarly
below
inside
consequently
clearly
throughout
beyond
to
thus
above all
especially
before
equally
within
Emphasising
secondly
then
moreover
so
therefore
Sequencing
firstly
on
as well as
because
by the time
Place
Cause and effect
during
meanwhile
at…o’clock
and
before
Use a wider variety of connectives to help
link your ideas, sentences and paragraphs
to give extra and different information.
You will present ideas more clearly if you
can use emphasising, comparing,
illustrating, contrasting and qualifying
connectives.
unlike
however
except
as long as
although
if
apart from
unless
yet
despite
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Connectives placemat
Use a wide variety of connectives to help
link your ideas, sentences and paragraphs.
You may already use sequencing, cause
and effect, comparing and contrasting
connectives when you write.
Writer’s
wordbank
Sequencing
Cause and effect
Use a wider variety of connectives to help
link your ideas, sentences and paragraphs
to give extra and different information.
You will present ideas more clearly if you
can use emphasising connectives, or
connectives that express opinions,
recognise others’ opinions, show
interpretations or explore meanings.
Expressing opinions
apparently
firstly
because
the most important reason
secondly
in addition
another
next
finally
after
then
before
in conclusion
to sum up
especially
significantly
notably
clearly
in particular
indeed
moreover
on the other hand
a different way of looking at
this is
looking at it this way
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consequently
similarly
likewise
like
in the same way
fortunately
logically
oddly
officially
possibly
rationally
surprisingly
as
just as
some people may think that
it is often said that
people may disagree
many people seem to think that
most people would agree
it is hard to ignore
unfortunately
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luckily
in my view
superficially
understandably
of course
incidentally
Contrasting
whereas
alternatively
instead of
otherwise
unlike
on the other hand
Exploring meanings
this could mean
this suggests
it could be argued that
evidently
in my experience
naturally
Recognising others’ opinions
Showing interpretations
alternatively
equally
with
Emphasising
above all
therefore
as a result
Comparing
this is also true of
subsequently
emphasising
thus
so
certainly
it seems to me that
it may be
perhaps
if
possibly
on the face of it
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