CONNECTORS AND LINKERS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE

Because of this /that

For this / that reason
ORGANISING IDEAS
That’s why
FIRST IDEA
Therefore
In the first place
As a result of
First of all To start with
Consequently
At first sight
So
SECOND IDEA
PARTICULARISING
Secondly In the second place
To a certain extent
CONCLUSION
More or less
Finally Lastly In conclusion
At least
PERSONAL OPINION
Basically
In my opinion
Especially
In my view
In particular
Personally
Above all
From my point of view
SUMMARISING
As far as I’m concerned
In short
EXPRESSING CONTRAST
In conclusion
However Nevertheless
On the whole
On the one hand On the other hand
In general
Although / Though
To sum up
In spite of /Despite
TIME EXPRESSIONS
REINFORCING YOUR IDEAS
First of all
As a matter of fact
Next / Then
In fact Actually
After that
While
ADDING INFORMATION In the meantime
Apart from this / that All of a sudden
Moreover / In addition Finally
Besides In the end
In addition to What’s Last but not least
more
On top of that

GIVING EXAMPLES
For example For instance
Such as
REWORDING
That is (to say)
In other words