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LINKING OR TRANSITION WORDS

Reformulating emphasizing Summing up Concluding Introducing facts Condition

NamelyIn other wordsThat is to sayTo put things differently

As a matter of factIndeed In fact

In a nutshell All things consideredTo sum up

Last but not least As a conclusionFinallyTo conclude

First To begin with

IfUnlessProvided thatwhether

TemporalDeducing

consequenceContrasting Adding ideas Choice

Introducing example

AfterAfterwardsAsAs soon asNextSuddenlyThenSince

As a consequence ThereforeAs a resultConsequentlyEventuallyThusSoThat’s why

Butas opposed toHowever Nevertheless Yet Unlike while WhereasOn the one handOn the other hand

Also Besides FurthermoreIn additionMoreover

What’s moreNot only…but also

Neither…nor Either…orOr

WhateverWhenever

Wherever

Whoever

For exampleFor instance Such as

Personal opinio Explaining cause Concession Goal / purpose

In my opinionAs far as I’m concernedTo my mindIt seems to me that…

AsBecause (of)In so far asSinceThe reason why …is

Although Even thoughThough

In order to ToSo as toSo that