Respostas
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Linking Words – Result
Accordingly
As a consequence (of)
As a result
Consequently
Due to
For this reason
Forthwith
Hence
Then
Therefore
Thereupon
Thus
Connecting Words – Emphasis
Function: To put forward a point or idea more forcefully
Above all
Absolutely
Chiefly
Clearly
Definitely
Especially
Even
Importantly
In detail
In truth
Indeed
It should be noted
Naturally
Never
Obviously
Of course
Particularly / in particular
Positively
Surprisingly
To clarify
To emphasize
To repeat
Truly
Undoubtedly
Unquestionably
With attention
Without a doubt
Linking Words – Addition
Function: To add to what has been previously stated
Additionally/an additional
Along with
Also
And
Apart from this
As well as
As well as that
Besides
Coupled with
Finally
First
Further
Furthermore
In addition
In addition to this
In the same fashion
Last
Moreover
Not only…but also
Not to mention
Second
Similarily
Third
Together with
Too
Linking Words – Reason
Function: To provide reasons for what has been stated or has occurred
Because of
For the purpose of
Given that
Granted that
In fact
In order to
In view of
Owing to
Provided that
Seeing that
So that
With this in mind
With this intention
With this purpose
Connecting Words – Illustration
Function: To provide examples
As an example of
For example/ For instance
For one thing
Illustrated by
In another case
In the case of
In this case
In this situation
Including
Like
Namely
On this occasion
Proof of this
Specifically
Such as
To clarify
To demonstrate
To demonstrate/ To clarify
To simplify
Linking Words – Contrast
Function: To show how things are different
Alternatively
As opposed to
Contrarily
Contrary to
Conversely
Despite/in spite of
Differing from
Even so
However
In contrast (to)
In opposition
Instead
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Nor
Notwithstanding
On the other hand
Rather
Though
Unlike
Up against
Whereas
While
Yet
Linking Words – Comparison
Function: To show how things are similar
Alike
As with
Both
By the same token
Compare / compare(d) to (with)
Correspondingly
Either
Equal
Equally
In a similar manner
In common
In like manner
In the same way
In the spitting image of
Just as
Just as…so too
Just like
Likewise
Most important
Resembles
Same as
Similar to
Similarly
Still another
Connecting Words – Order
1. Function: To indicate the order of what is being said
First/ firstly
Second/ secondly
Third/ thirdly
Finally
At this time
Following
Previously
Before
Subsequently
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 considered
Altogether
As demonstrated above
As noted
As shown above
As you can see
Briefly
By and large
Generally speaking
Given these points
In a word
In any event
In brief
In conclusion
In essence
In short
In summary
In the end
In the final analysis
On the whole
Overall
Therefore
To conclude
To end
To sum up
To summarise
Ultimately
Linking Words – Condition
Function: To provide a condition to what has been stated
Although this may be true
As
Because of
Even if
Given that
Granted that
If
In that case
In the event that
Lest
On the condition that
Only if
Since
Then
Unless
When
Whenever
While
Connecting Words – Concession
Function: Connecting words and phrases to accept a point or idea with reservation
Admittedly
Albeit
All the same
Although
Although/Even though
And still
And yet
Be that as it may
Even if
Even so
Even though
However
In spite of
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Regardless of this
Up to a point
Connecting Words – Generalisation
Function: To make a general statement
As a rule
Broadly speaking
Commonly
For the most part
Generally speaking
In general/ Generally
In most cases
Mainly
More often than not
Mostly
Normally
Often
On the whole
On the whole
Overall
Predominately
Regularly
Typically
Connecting Words – Restatement
Function: To express an alternative to what has been previously stated
Alternatively
Alternatively stated
Expressed simply
In a nutshell
In other words
In short
In simple language
In simple terms
In summation
Namely
Otherwise stated
Put differently
Put in another way
Reiterated
Said differently
Simplified
Simply put
That is to say
To put it differently
Connecting Words – Reference
Function: To a relationship between continuing ideas presented in your essay.
As applied to
As far as
Concerning
Considering
In connection to
In terms
Pertaining to
Regarding
Some examples of these might be:
Speaking about/of
The fact that
With regards to
With respect to
Connecting Words – Clarification
Function: To indicate that you will be exploring your ideas in more detail.
I mean
In explanation
In lay terms
In other words
In simple terms
Simply put
Simply stated
That is to say
To break it down
To clearly define
To explain
To make plain
To put it clearly
To put it in another way
To simplify