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Essential Linking Words for Writing

The document discusses linking words that connect ideas in writing by showing relationships or supporting information. It provides examples of linking words to add information, contrast points, show results, give reasons, organize points, and summarize.

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Essential Linking Words for Writing

The document discusses linking words that connect ideas in writing by showing relationships or supporting information. It provides examples of linking words to add information, contrast points, show results, give reasons, organize points, and summarize.

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Linking words

Unit 3
Linking words are words
that connect ideas
together in a piece of
writing. It shows that Add more Information Contrast a Point
two things are related in
some way, or that the
point you are making
has supporting
information. Results Reasons

Organizing Summarizing
Add information for example /
for instance

as well / as well as namely /


such as

in addition / moreover
also / too
/ furthermore
Contrast a point Despite /
In spite of

But / However Despite the fact that /


in spite of the fact that

While / Whereas /
Although / Even
Unlike
though
Results

Therefore / So
Consequently / As a
result
Reasons Since / As

Because / Because of Due to the fact that /


Owing to the fact that

Due to / Owing to
Organizing
the former / the latter

Firstly / Secondly Lastly / Finally


Summarizing

Here are some English


• In short, phrases you can use to
give a summary of the
• In summary, information you have
• To summarize, already said or written.
In general, these
• In conclusion, phrases go at the
beginning of the
• In a nutshell, sentence and are
(more informal) followed by a comma.
Thanks!

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