Linking expressions grouped by meaning

Introduce an idea

First,

First of all,

Initially,

At the outset,

In the first place,

From the beginning

To begin with

The first thing that must be considered is
Introduce examples

For example,

For instance,

As an example,

There are several examples

An illustration of this is

To exemplify this

A further example is

It will be helpful to look at an example at this stage.
Add information

Further,

Moreover,

Additionally,

Whats more,

Also,

In addition to this,

And thats not all.
Show the order of ideas

Firstly,

Secondly,

Thirdly,

Lastly,

Finally,

Next,

Concurrently,

At the same time,

Beforehand,

Prior to that,

Previously,

Eventually,

At some point in the future,

The next issue that needs to be considered is
Compare

Similarly,

Accordingly,

Comparable with this,

In keeping with this,

Contrast

In fact,

Nevertheless,

Yet,

Conversely,

In spite of this,

On the one hand,

On the other hand,
Emphasise

Again,

Indeed,

For this reason,

Truly,

In fact,

Certainly,

Clearly,

Without a doubt,

It cannot be emphasised enough that
Give cause and effect

expressions put before the cause
o Since,
o Because of
o Due to
o Ifthen
o As a result of

expressions put before the effect
o This results in
o Consequently,
o Accordingly,
o For this reason,
o Therefore,
o This leads to,
o As might be expected,
Introduce evidence

To substantiate this,

To support this idea,

Evidence of this is given by
Summarise

In summary,

To summarise,

For the reasons above

In other words,

In brief,

In short,
Conclude

In conclusion,

To conclude,

Finally,

It is evident that

From all of the evidence given above, it is clear that