Connectives
Use these connectives to link ideas within paragraphs and to link paragraphs
COMPARING
Equally
In the same way
Similarly
Likewise
As with
Like
CONTRASTING
Whereas
Instead of
Alternatively
Otherwise
Unlike
On the other hand
In contrast to
ADDING
And
Also
As well as
Moreover
Too
In addition
Furthermore
EMPHASISING
Above all
In particular
Especially
Significantly
Mainly
Particularly
Indeed
ILLUSTRATING
For example
Such as
For instance
As revealed by
In the case of
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Because
So
Therefore
Thus
Consequently
Accordingly
Hence
In that case
As a result
For this reason
SEQUENCING
Next
Then
First, secondly, thirdly..
Finally
Meanwhile
After
QUALIFYING
However
Although
Unless
Except
If
As long as
Apart from
Yet
Still
GENERALISING
In general
On the whole
In most cases
Usually
STATING THE
OBVIOUS
Obviously
Clearly
Naturally
Of course
Surely
After all
CONCLUSION
So
Finally
To conclude