CONNECTORS

Connectors or linkers are linking words which join ideas and show how those
ideas are related to one another. They also help us to organize our writing and
make it easy for the reader to follow. They give coherence and cohesion to the
text.
The following is a chart with the most usual connectors to be used in your
essays:
PURPOSE EXAMPLES
Addition and in addition moreover furthermore what!s more
besides also too as well as not only"but also
Contrast but on the contrary however nevertheless nonetheless
yet still although even though though in spite of
despite whereas while whilst on the one hand#on the
other hand in contrast contrary to

Cause because $of% since as due to owing to

&esult so therefore conse'uently thus as a result as a
conse'uence for this reason that is why hence
(urpose to in order to so as to so that in order that
)imilarity similarly likewise in the same way
*pinion in my opinion + $strongly% believe $that% + think#feel $that%
in my view it seems to me $that% personally as + see it
as far as +!m concerned
&eality in fact as a matter of fact actually the truth is $that%

,eneralisation in general generally speaking as a rule on the whole

-isting points to begin#start with in the first place first of all firstly
secondly thirdly finally lastly

.xamples for example for instance such as like particularly in
particular especially $more% specifically

)e'uence first at first in the beginning before next then soon
meanwhile later after that afterwards at last eventually
finally in the end last but not least
Conclusion +n conclusion to sum up in short