Linking expressions grouped by meaning

Introduce an idea � First, � First of all, � Initially, � At the outset, � In the first place, � From the beginning � To begin with � The first thing that must be considered is

Introduce examples

� For example, � For instance, � As an example, � There are several examples… � An illustration of this is… � To exemplify this… � A further example is… � It will be helpful to look at an example at this stage.

Add information

� Further, � Moreover, � Additionally, � What’s more, � Also, � In addition to this, � And that’s not all.

Show the order of ideas

� Firstly, � Secondly, � Thirdly, � Lastly, � Finally, � Next, � Concurrently, � At the same time, � Beforehand, � Prior to that, � Previously, � Eventually, � At some point in the future, � The next issue that needs to be considered is…

Compare

� Similarly, � Accordingly, � Comparable with this, � In keeping with this,

Contrast � In fact, � Nevertheless, � Yet, � Conversely, � In spite of this, � On the one hand, � On the other hand,

Emphasise

� Again, � Indeed, � For this reason, � Truly, � In fact, � Certainly, � Clearly, � Without a doubt, � It cannot be emphasised enough that…

Give cause and effect

� expressions put before the cause o Since, o Because of… o Due to… o If…then o As a result of…

� expressions put before the effect o This results in… o Consequently, o Accordingly, o For this reason, o Therefore, o This leads to, o As might be expected,

Introduce evidence

� To substantiate this, � To support this idea, � Evidence of this is given by…

Summarise

� In summary, � To summarise, � For the reasons above… � In other words, � In brief, � In short,

Conclude

� In conclusion, � To conclude, � Finally, � It is evident that… � From all of the evidence given above, it is clear that…