ADDITION

additionally, in addition, and, again, and then, also, besides, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, moreover, nor, too, next, lastly, what’s more, moreover, then, first/second (-ly)

GENERALIZATION

generally speaking, generally, in general, on the whole, as a rule, for the most part, in most cases, usually, typically, characteristically, naturally, normally, on average, predictably, habitually, by and large, more often than not

ALTERNATIVE

alternatively, similarly, correspondingly, in the same way

NEW POINT (to a)

with regard to, with reference to, as for, in terms of, now, as far as – is concerned, it follows that, turning to

CAUSE

because, since, on account of, for that reason

OBVIOUSNESS

obviously, clearly, naturally, of course, surely, after all, as expected

EFFECT

therefore, consequently, accordingly, thus, hence, as a result

PLACE/POSITION

above, across, adjacent, after, behind, below, beyond, in front of, here, there, next, next to, near, nearby

COMPARISON

by/in comparison, similarly, in the same way, in like manner, likewise, by the same token, in a similar fashion, in relation to, in respect of, with reference to, with regard to, a propos, vis-à-vis

PROOF

because, for (that means “because”), as, for that reason, since, therefore, thus, hence, evidently, obviously, furthermore, moreover, besides, indeed, in fact, in addition, in view of the fact, while, seeing as

CONTRAST

in/by contrast, conversely, on the other hand, on the contrast, but, however, although, though, otherwise, at the same time, notwithstanding, nevertheless, nonetheless, whereas, but, yet, besides, versus, while, instead

PURPOSE

to that end, to this end, for this purpose, for that reason, so that, in order that, intentionally

CLARIFICATION

that is, that is to say, in other words, to explain, to clarify, to put it another way, to rephrase it

QUALIFICATION

may, might, almost, nearly, very, truly, indeed, probably, possibly, conceivably, perchance, maybe, perhaps, always, never, frequently, occasionally, although

CONCESSION

to be sure, granted, of course, still, yet, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, however much, even though,

REPETITION

in other words, as I have noted, as has been noted, as noted above, as I have said, in summary, to summarize, in brief, rather, to put it more simply

DEDUCTION

then, in other words, in that case, otherwise, this implies, if not, if so, thus

SEQUENCE/ORDER

first, second, next, then, finally, after, afterwards, following, at this time, at this point, this time, simultaneously, concurrently, soon,  subsequently, while, meanwhile, when, during, immediately, later, earlier, sometimes, always, never, whenever, now, until now, once

EMPHASIS/

INTENSIFICATION

even, indeed, in fact, in truth, truly, definitely, emphatically, unquestionably, undeniably, of course, obviously, without reservation, without a doubt, undoubtedly, certainly, by all means, never, always, perennially, eternally

SIMILARITY

similarly, also, in the same way, just as, so too, likewise, equally,

EXAMPLE/

ILLUSTRATION

for example, for instance, to illustrate, to demonstrate, namely, specifically, in this case, on this occasion, in this situation, take the case of, as follows: the following:

SUMMARY

finally, lastly, thus, hence, therefore, in conclusion, to summarize, in sum, in summary, in brief, in short, in a word, in the final analysis, on the whole, overall, that is to say, summing up, as accordingly, I have said/proven/shown, as a result, consequently

EXCEPTION

but, yet, still, however, in spite of , despite, nonetheless, nevertheless, sometimes

TIME

first, second, next, then, finally, after, afterwards, following, at this time, at this point, this time, simultaneously, concurrently, soon,  subsequently, while, meanwhile, when, during, immediately, later, thereafter, earlier, sometimes, always, never, whenever, now, until now, once, previously