Linking words or transitional words and phrases can create powerful links between ideas in your paper and can help your reader understand the logic of your paper.
Linking Words and Phrases
To Show Order
– After
– At this time
– Before
– During
– Finally
– First
– Following
– Next
– Previously
– Second
– Since
– Soon
– Then
– Third
– While
To Add Information
– Additionally
– Along with
– Also
– Another
– As well
– Besides
– Finally
– For example
– For instance
– Furthermore
In addition
Too
To Indicate a Purpose or Reason
– So that
– With this in mind
– Because
– In fact
– In order to
– Furthermore
To Give Examples
– Such as
– For example
– Evidence of this
– For instance
– In this case
– Proof of this
To Compare
– As
– Compared to
– Like
– For the same reason
– Similar to
– Similarly
To Contrast
– However
– Sometimes
– On the other hand
– Nevertheless
– In contrast
– Yet
– Except
– But
– In spite of
– Whereas
To Emphasize
– Absolutely
– Always
– Definitely
– Especially
– Without a doubt
– In fact
– Never
– Particularly
– Positively
To Conclude
– All in all
– As a result
– Finally
– In conclusion
– In summary
– In brief
– Lastly
– Overall
– Therefore
– To sum up
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Carlos Cordoba
Friday 29th of October 2021
This classification of link words(Conjuction) is powerfull. Thanks a lot.