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Writing an Essay – Linking Words and Statements

Introduction: Firstly Primarily Chiefly Importantly The writer/author introduces … We are introduced to …

Main Body: The reason for this is … From this, we can note that … Secondly. Thirdly etc. Moving on … The reader can seefrom this that … The author writes …because… Another … Also … Therefore … Significantly … We can seefrom this that … The writer then moves on to … Next Obviously, this shows that … This shows that … Following this … Then … This then means that … Penultimately (last but one) Later … It can be noted/said that …

Conclusion: In summary In conclusion It is important to conclude with … Weighing up the evidence, we can seethat … Finally … Lastly . The messageconveyed is therefore … Summarising, we can seethat …

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