Linking Words – Result

Function: To provide the result of what has been stated or has occurred

 Accordingly  Forthwith
 As a consequence (of)  Hence
 As a result  Then
 Consequently  Therefore
 Due to  Thereupon
 For this reason  Thus

Connecting Words – Emphasis

Function: To put forward a point or idea more forcefully

 Above all  Indeed  Surprisingly

 Absolutely  It should be  To clarify
 Chiefly noted  To emphasize
 Clearly  Naturally  To repeat
 Definitely  Never  Truly
 Especially  Obviously  Undoubtedly
 Even  Of course  Unquestionably
 Importantly  Particularly / in  With attention
 In detail particular  Without a doubt
 In truth  Positively

Linking Words – Addition

Function: To add to what has been previously stated

 Additionally/an  Finally  Moreover

additional  First  Not only…but
 Along with  Further also
 Also  Furthermore  Not to mention
 And  In addition  Second
 Apart from this  In addition to  Similarly
 As well as this  Third
 As well as that  In the same  Together with
 Besides fashion  Too
 Coupled with  Last

Linking Words – Reason

Function: To provide reasons for what has been stated or has occurred

 Because of  In order to  With this in

 For the purpose  In view of mind
of  Owing to  With this
 Given that  Provided that intention
 Granted that  Seeing that  With this
 In fact  So that purpose

Connecting Words – Illustration

Function: To provide examples
  As an example  In this case  Such as
of  In this situation  To clarify
 For example/ For  Including  To demonstrate
instance  Like  To demonstrate/
 For one thing  Namely To clarify
 Illustrated by  On this occasion  To simplify
 In another case  Proof of this
 In the case of  Specifically

Linking Words – Contrast

Function: To show how things are different

 Alternatively  However  On the other

 As opposed to  In contrast (to) hand
 Contrarily  In opposition  Rather
 Contrary to  Instead  Though
 Conversely  Nevertheless  Unlike
 Despite/in spite  Nonetheless  Up against
of  Nor  Whereas
 Differing from  Notwithstanding  While
 Even so  Yet

Linking Words – Comparison

Function: To show how things are similar
 Alike  Equal  Just as…so too
 As with  Equally  Just like
 Both  In a similar  Likewise
 By the same manner  Most important
token  In common  Resembles
 Compare /  In like manner  Same as
compare(d) to  In the same way  Similar to
(with)  In the spitting  Similarly
 Correspondingly image of  Still another
 Either  Just as

Connecting Words – Order

1. Function: To indicate the order of what is being said
 First/ firstly  Following
 Second/ secondly  Previously
 Third/ thirdly  Before
 Finally  Subsequently
 At this time
2. Function: To mark the end of an ascending order
 Above all
 Lastly and most importantly
 Last but not least

3. Definition: To mark the beginning of a descending order

 First and foremost…

Connecting Words – Summary

Function: To sum up what has been previously stated

 All things  Generally  In the end

considered speaking  In the final
 Altogether  Given these analysis
 As points  On the whole
demonstrated  In a word  Overall
above  In any event  Therefore
 As noted  In brief  To conclude
 As shown above  In conclusion  To end
 As you can see  In essence  To sum up
 Briefly  In short  To summarize
 By and large  In summary  Ultimately
Linking Words – Condition
Function: To provide a condition to what has been stated
 Although this  If  Since
may be true  In that case  Then
 As  In the event that  Unless
 Because of  Lest  When
 Even if  On the condition  Whenever
 Given that that  While
 Granted that  Only if

Connecting Words – Concession

Function: Connecting words and phrases to accept a point or idea with
reservation
 Admittedly  And yet  In spite of
 Albeit  Be that as it  Nevertheless
 All the same may  Nonetheless
 Although  Even if  Regardless of
 Although/Even  Even so this
though  Even though  Up to a point
 And still  However

Connecting Words – Generalization

Function: To make a general statement
 As a rule  In general/  Often
 Broadly Generally  On the whole
speaking  In most cases  On the whole
 Commonly  Mainly  Overall
 For the most  More often than  Predominately
part not  Regularly
 Generally  Mostly  Typically
speaking  Normally

Connecting Words – Restatement

Function: To express an alternative to what has been previously stated
 Alternatively  Expressed  In other words
 Alternatively simply  In short
stated  In a nutshell
  In simple  Otherwise  Said differently
language stated  Simplified
 In simple terms  Put differently  Simply put
 In summation  Put in another  That is to say
 Namely way  To put it
 Reiterated differently

Connecting Words – Reference

Function: To a relationship between continuing ideas presented in your
essay.
 As applied to  Pertaining to  Speaking
 As far as  Regarding about/of
 Concerning  Some examples  The fact that
 Considering of these might  With regards to
 In connection to be:  With respect to
 In terms

Connecting Words – Clarification

Function: To indicate that you will be exploring your ideas in more detail.
 I mean  Simply stated  To put it clearly
 In explanation  That is to say  To put it in
 In lay terms  To break it down another way
 In other words  To clearly define  To simplify
 In simple terms  To explain
 Simply put  To make plain

Connecting Words – Space/ Location

Function: To clarify spatial relationships/ provide spatial order and
reference.
 Across  Beneath  Opposite
 Adjacent  Near  Over
 Adjacent  Nearby  Surrounding
 Around  Next to  To the left
 At the rear  On bottom  Underneath
 Below  On top