LINKING WORDS

Під час написання твору, ессе, листа або будь-якого власного висловлювання необхідно враховувати зв'язність тексту та наявність з'єднувальних елементів у тексті. Повинні бути наявні сполучники сурядності: and, but та підрядності: because, so, if, when, that is why тощо, а також слова-звязки: which, that, who та інші).

Linking Arguments

First of all, I think …

Not only that, but I also think that …

Not only are they …, they are also …

They are not …, nor are they …

There are various/several/many reasons for this.

First, … / Firstly, …

Second, … / Secondly, …

Moreover, … / Furthermore, … / In addition, …

Another significant point is that …

Finally, …

On the one hand, … On the other hand, …

In contrast to this is …

Because of …

That is why …

After all, …

The reason is that …

In that respect …

The result of this is that …

Another aspect/point is that …

It is because …

Although it is true that … it would be wrong to claim that …

That may sometimes be true, but …

One could argue that …, but …

Providing Examples

Take for example (the case of) …

Look at …

For instance … / For example …

Let me give you an example.

Additions and Conclusion

Most probably …

It appears to be …

It is important to mention that...

As I already indicated …

In other words, …

I am most concerned about …

I should like to repeat once again that …

I should like to emphasise that …

I would (just) like to add …

So all in all I believe that...

(In) summing up it can be said that …

Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that …

Linking Words

by Ms. Devlin

First, second, third, and fourth,

Now, then, after that, and next,

In addition, similarly, also, too,

Finally, because, in the end, at last.

These are linking words

that link and connect the text

to make your opinion essays flow

from one reason to the next.