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Essential Linking Words for Writing

This document lists and defines linking words used to connect ideas in writing. It categorizes linking words into groups for adding information, showing contrast, showing similarity, giving examples, expressing reason, expressing result, sequencing ideas, and concluding. Examples of linking words provided include additionally, moreover, however, similarly, for instance, due to, therefore, firstly, and in conclusion.

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Essential Linking Words for Writing

This document lists and defines linking words used to connect ideas in writing. It categorizes linking words into groups for adding information, showing contrast, showing similarity, giving examples, expressing reason, expressing result, sequencing ideas, and concluding. Examples of linking words provided include additionally, moreover, however, similarly, for instance, due to, therefore, firstly, and in conclusion.

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Linking words

To add information Also in addition Besides not only..but also furthermore moreover as well as (can be used in the middle or the beginning of a sentence) apart from
But (informal) However Although / even though Despite / despite the fact that In spite of / in spite of the fact that Nevertheless Nonetheless While Whereas Unlike In theory in practice On the other hand In contrast

To show contrast

To show similarity

To give examples To express reason

Similarly In a similar way Likewise For example Such as

like equally e.g. (latin :exemplis gratia) for instance

To express result

Sequencing ideas

To conclude

Due to / due to the fact that that is why Owing to / owing to the fact that thus Because (informal) i.e. (latin: id est= that is) Because of in other words Since that is to say As Therefore Since So (informal) Consequently This means that As a result The former, the latter To start with Firstly, secondly, finally Then The first point is After this/ aftterwards Lastly The following In brief In short (informal) In summary To sum up To summarise (UK)/ summarize(US) In a nutshell To conclude In conclusion

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