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Linking Words for Sequencing Ideas

The document provides a list of linking words used to connect and sequence ideas in writing. Some of the linking words listed indicate cause and effect, add information, refer to other sources, explain examples, or indicate personal opinion. In conclusion, the document outlines many common transitional words used to link ideas between sentences and paragraphs.

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Linking Words for Sequencing Ideas

The document provides a list of linking words used to connect and sequence ideas in writing. Some of the linking words listed indicate cause and effect, add information, refer to other sources, explain examples, or indicate personal opinion. In conclusion, the document outlines many common transitional words used to link ideas between sentences and paragraphs.

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Linking words

Changing the
Sequencing ideas Cause Consequence Adding information
subject
In the first place, Because of + N + ing, So, Apart from that, On a different note,
First of all, Due to + N + ing, Thus, In addition, That’s beside the point,
To start with, to begin Owing to + N + ing, Hence, Besides, (-that is unrelated to the
with, Because + sj. + verb Therefore, Moreover, topic in hand)
In the second place, As + sj. + verb That is why, Furthermore,
Secondly, As a result of, As a result, On top of that,
Next, Given that, As a consequence, What is more, Referring to other
Finally, Given the way that….. Consequently, sources
Last but (certainly) not Since….. Other than that (addition + According to,
least, contrast) In X’s view, in X’s
opinion,
Explaining/giving
Conditions Contrast Personal opinion Summing up
examples/emphasising
If However, / Nevertheless, In my opinion, In fact, as a matter of fact, In conclusion,
Unless Although + sj. + verb As I see it, For example, In short,
Provided that Even though + sj. + verb It seems to me (that) For instance, To put it briefly,
As long as Personally, Such as, To sum up,
On the one hand…….on From my point of view, In other words, Taking everything into
Insofar as…..insofar the other hand, In my view, Actually, (in reality,) account, / consideration,
that/ In so far as……..In In my opinion, Needless to say, All things considered,
so far that (-to the In spite of + N + ing, As far as I’m concerned, Certainly, On balance,
extent that) Despite + N + ing, To my mind, Of course,
Apart from, Indeed,
But Above all,
Otherwise,
Whereas,

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