LINKING WORDS

SEQUENCING IDEAS CAUSE CONSEQUENCE ADDING INFORMATION

In the first place, Because of + N / -ing, So, Apart from that,

First of all, Due to + N / -ing, Therefore,
To start with, In addition,
That is why,
In the second place, Besides,
Secondly, Moreover,
Next, As a result, Furthermore,
Because + sj + verb On top of that,
Finally, As + sj + verb

SUMMING UP CONTRAST PERSONAL OPINION EXPLAINING / GIVING EXAMPLES

In conclusion, However, / Nevertheless, In my opinion, In fact

In short, Although + sj + vb As I see it, for example
To sum up, Personally, For instance
On the one hand………on the From my point of view, In other words
other hand In my view, Actually (=in reality)
In my opinion,
In spite of + N / -ing As far as I’m concerned,
Despite + N / -ing

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