CONNECTORS

Emphasis
Introduction
 Above all/Especially
 In light of/With regard to…  Without a doubt/Undeniably
 Concerning/When it comes to…  Unquestionably
 Particularly
Time Sequences
 Primarily
 To begin with,  Most importantly/significantly
 First (second, third, fourth...) of all  By all means
 In the first place,  Definitely
 Firstly/Secondly/Thirdly..  Obviously
 Meanwhile  in fact/ indeed
 Subsequently/right after  Absolutely/ certainly
 Previously
 Before this
Summarize and conclude
 Simultaneously
 in brief
Cause-Effect/Addiction  on the whole
 in short
 Therefore/As a result/Consequently /indeed/As a  summing up
 by and large
matter of fact/in fact
 all in all
 In order to  to conclude
 Equally important/not only…but also  in conclusion
 Furthermore/ Moreover/ Besides  as I have shown
 Finally
 In addition to this/Both…and…
 Therefore
 ....not to mention...  Thus
 Similarly  As a result
 Apart from  All things considered
 Taking everything into consideration
 Sooner or later (It will happen eventually...)
 In the long run

To compare and contrast

 However/Nevertheless/ Although / Though /Even
so/Even Though
 Despite the fact that /yet/Still/Despite…
 On one hand....(yet) on the other hand...
 On the contrary, whereas, by comparison,
compared to, in contrast
 As opposed to (Note: When using a verb, use the
gerund (-ing)...e.g. It's better to take the train, as
opposed to flying.)

Examples

 For instance /For example

 Take the case of
 To demonstrate/To illustrate
 Such as/like
 Take a look at