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Cohesive Devices

This document lists different cohesive devices used to connect ideas in writing, organized into categories such as exceptions, clarifying, cause and effect, contrast/compare, emphasis, and time. It provides examples of connecting words and phrases like "despite this", "for instance", "furthermore", and "meanwhile" that are used to link sentences and show relationships between ideas.

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Cohesive Devices

This document lists different cohesive devices used to connect ideas in writing, organized into categories such as exceptions, clarifying, cause and effect, contrast/compare, emphasis, and time. It provides examples of connecting words and phrases like "despite this", "for instance", "furthermore", and "meanwhile" that are used to link sentences and show relationships between ideas.

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Cohesive Devices

Exceptions Clarifying Cause and effect

Despite this In other words As a result


Aside from In fact As a consequence
Despite For instance Because of this
Apart from In essence Consequently
However To summarise Hence
Besides Above all For this reason
Even though The main reason for this Therefore
excluding To clarify So as to

Contrast/ compare Emphasis Time

Alternatively Furthermore In the beginning


On the other hand Also At first
Similarly Moreover Meanwhile
Rather than In addition to this Presently
However Especially To begin with
In comparison Primarily Only yesterday
On the contrary Most importantly Until then
Compared with To clarify Simultaneously

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