WRITING
Linking words and text organizers
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, |