CONNECTING IDEAS: LINKERS

CONNECTING IDEAS: LINKERS

ADDING POINTS

• AS WELL

• BESIDES

• FURTHERMORE

• MOREOVER

• IN ADDITION

• TOO

• WHAT'S MORE

CONTRASTING POINTS

• BUT

• EVEN THOUGH

• HOWEVER

• IN SPITE OF / DESPITE

• NEVERTHELESS

• ALTHOUGH

• ON THE ONE HAND... ON THE OTHER HAND

REASON

• BECAUSE OF (+ N. Phrase) "Because of the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

• DUE TO (+ N. PHRASE) "Due to the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

• AS A RESULT OF (+ N. PHRASE) "As a result of the bad weather, we couldn't travel"

• SINCE (+CLAUSE) "Since the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

• BECAUSE (+CLAUSE) "Because the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

• AS (+CLAUSE) "As the weather was bad, we couln't travel"

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RESULT

• SO "The weather was bad, so we could not go out"

• THEREFORE "The weather was bad, therefore we could not go out"

• AS A RESULT "The weather was bad. As a result, we could not go out"

• CONSEQUENTLY "The weather was bad. Consequently, we could not go out"

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PURPOSE

• IN ORDER TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors in order to avoid the bad weather"

• SO AS TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors so as to avoid the bad weather"

• TO (+INF) "We stayed indoors to avoid the bad weather"

• SO (+CLAUSE) "We stayed indoors so we could avoid the bad weather"

• SO THAT (+CLAUSE) "We stayed indoors so that we could avoid the bad weather"

SEQUENCING A NARRATIVE

• AS SOON AS

• AT FIRST

• MEANWHILE

• BY THAT TIME

• NO SOONER

• AFTER A WHILE

• EVENTUALLY

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