Describing similarities

• Likewise
• Correspondingly
• Equally
• Not only… but also
• In the same way
• Similarly

Showing cause and effect

• Consequently
• As a result
• Thus
• Hence (never ‘hence why’)
• Since (try to avoid ‘as’ when showing cause and effect)
• Because
• Therefore
• Accordingly
• This suggests that
• It follows that
• For this reason

Comparing and contrasting

• Alternatively
• However
• Conversely
• On the other hand
• Instead
• Yet
• On the contrary

Showing limitation or contradiction

• Despite/in spite of
• While (not whilst!)
• Even so
• On the contrary
• Nevertheless
• Nonetheless
• Although
• Admittedly

Emphasis, addition or examples

• To illustrate
• To clarify
• Further (not ‘furthermore’)
• First, second and third (not firstly, secondly and thirdly)
• For instance
• Moreover
• Typically
• Especially
• In fact
• Namely
• In addition

Concluding

• To summarise
• It can be concluded that
• As can be seen
• Ultimately
• Given the above
• As described
• Finally