SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY

THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BENI MELLAL
“COMPOSITION 2”
Semester 3 /G 1 🙴 2
Instructor: Mohamed ACHAMRAH
2022-2023
Linking words
TO INDICATE AGREEMENT, ADDITION, OR SIMILARITY
additi onall y, c omparati vel y in l ike manner of cour se,
again c orr espondi ngl y in the f i rst place s i mi larly,
along with c ouple d with in the l ight of then
also equally in the same way to
and equally i mportant l i ke to say nothi ng of
as f i rst, second, third l i kewise, together with
as a matter of fact, fur ther more more over too
as well as i de ntic ally not only . . . but also uni quely
by the same token in additi on, not to menti on what i s more
TO INDICATE AN EXAMPLE, SHOW SUPPORT, OR EMPHASIZE
another key point i mpor tant to realize namely to c larify
as an i l l ustrati on in fact, notably to de monstr ate
by all means in ge neral, on the ne gati ve s ide to e mphasize
cer tai nly in other words, on the positive s ide to e numerate
e xpre ssi vel y in partic ular point often ove rl ooke d to e xplain
f i rst and fore mos t in this case s ignificantly to poi nt out
f i rst thing to reme mber i ncl uding spec ificall y, to put i t another way
for e xample, indeed such as to put i t differently
for i nstance, l i ke surely to repeat
for one thing markedly sur pri si ngl y truly
for this re ason, c ompe lling e vi de nce that is to say with atte nti on to
fre que ntl y i t must be re me mbere d to be sure with this in mind
TO INDICATE AN EFFECT, RESULT, OR CONSEQUENCE
acc or dingly c onse que ntly henc efor th there upon
as a result for this reason in that case thus
because forthwith there fore hence
TO INDICATE CONTRADICTION, OPPOSITION, OR LIMITATION
( and) still be that as i t may in c ontrast on the other hand
( and) yet beside s in reality or
above all but in spite of otherwi se
after all c onversel y instead rather
albeit despite ne ver thele ss regar dless
although different from nonethele ss then again
although this may be even so notwi thstandi ng unlike
as much as even though of course . . . , but whereas
at the same t ime howe ver on the contrary while
 TO INDICATE CAUSE, CONDITION, OR PURPOSE
as / so long as in order to only / even i f to the end that
because of in the event that owing to unless
due to in the hope that pr ovide d that when
for fear that in view of seeing / being that whene ver
for the purpose of i nasmuc h as s ince while
given that lest so as to with this in mind
granted ( that) . . . then on ( the) c ondi ti on ( that) so that with this i nte nti on
TO INDICATE CONCLUSION, SUMMARY, OR RESTATEMENT
after all for the most part in either case on bal ance
all in all ge ner ally spe aking in e ssence on the whole
all things c onsi dere d given these points in fact or di nari ly
al together in a word in short overall
as can be seen in any event in summary to sum up
as has been noted in brief in the f inal analysis to summariz e
as shown above in c oncl usi on in the long run usually
TO INDICATE TIME, CHRONOLOGY, OR SEQUENCE
after for merl y last sooner or later
all of a sudde n forthwith later str aightaway
as long as from t ime to t ime me anwhile suddenly
as soon as further next then
at the present t ime hence now till
at the same t ime henc efor th now that to begin with
at this i nstant i mmedi atel y occ asi onall y until
before in a mome nt once until now
by the t ime in due t ime pre sently up to the present t ime
during in the f i rst place prior to when
e ve ntually in the meanti me quickly whene ver
f inally in t ime shortly whene ver
f i rst, second i nstantly s ince without delay

TO INDICATE SPACE, LOCATION, OR PLACE

above below here and there next
across beneath in front of on this s ide
adjace nt to beside in the backgr ound opposite to
al ongsi de between in the center of over
amid beyond in the distance there
among down in the foregr ound to the left/ r ight
around from in the middle under
before further near where
behind here nearby where ver