WRITING

Neutral

Informal

Formal

Adding a point

, as well as

In addition to

Not only

Also

Besides this

Developing a point

In addition

In fact

As  a matter of fact,

Besides,

What’s more,

On top of that,

Furthermore,

Indeed

Moreover,

To make matters worse,

Explaining a point

To put it another way,

Contrast

However,

Although/though

While

Even though

On the contrary,

On the one hand, 

on the other hand,

, as opposed to

, whereas

However,

All the same

, In contrast,

Nevertheless,

None the less

Explaining reasons

As

As a result,

Accordingly

For that reason,

In turn

Since

On account of

Because (of)

Thus,

Hence

Consequently,

Owing to

Due to

Making generalizations

Broadly speaking,

Generally speaking

On the whole

By and large

To a large/some/a certain extent,

Starting

First of all,

For one thing,

For a start

In the first place (sp)

To start with (sp),

To begin with (sp),

Giving new information

Incidentally,

By the way(sp),

Concession/qualification

All the same,

At any rate (sp),

At least,

Even so (sp) ,

Anyway,

Having said that,

Giving a personal opinion

In my opinion/view

To be perfectly honest (sp)

To tell the truth (sp),

Personally (sp),

Sequencing

First (of all)…, Secondly…, Next…, Then…, Finally/Lastly/last of all…

Giving examples

Such as (wr)

For instance,

For example,

Summarizing

In conclusion,

To sum up,