Links Cohesive devices can vary with different text types. For example, discursive writing tends to use certain linking words and phrases including adverbs and conjunctions: Moreover…
Likewise…
Furthermore…
Additionally...
Openers and conjunctions Examples of linking words for different text types. Generalisation
Addition
For differences
Usually… Typically… A few… Some… Most… Like most… Occasionally… The main feature… The majority… Many… All…
Furthermore… Additionally… In addition… Moreover… Also… Another thing you can do…
In contrast… Compared with… … is different from… Whereas…
Introduction Why is…? Have you ever…? Everybody has heard of… Read on, and follow these…
Time First Next After that A few days later From that point on Later on Eventually
Change of direction
Examples For example… For instance…
But… However… Although… On the other hand… Unfortunately… Fortunately… Despite…
Cause and effect
Emphasis
Uncertainty
Most of all… Least of all… Most importantly… In fact…
Comparison For similarities Equally… Similarly… Just as… In the same way…
Because… This causes… So… So that… Therefore Owing to… It is possible that… It has been suggested… It could be argued that… Perhaps the answer is… Another possible explanation is… Perhaps… Whether or not…
IPEELL stage 5: Support it
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