Common Connectives quoted from Tina Sharpe, Literacy: a key to History , AIS Course, 22nd May, 2000
Using connectives makes your writing stronger. Instead of writing a series of simple sentence, eg.
"The cat sat on the mat. The cat sat in front of the fire. The cat was warm." you can join them using connectives to make the writing interesting.Because the cat sat on the mat in front of the fire it soon became warm.
"because" shows cause and effect; "soon" is a time connective; and the writing is more interesting.
Temporal Connectives (Time) |
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first (second, third, etc) when now at this point meanwhile after a while previously |
finally next lastly at this moment next time in the end before that |
then here until then soon at once afterwards |
Additive Connectives |
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also furthermore moreover in addition |
as well and not only while
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besides additionally whereas without |
Exemplifying Connectives |
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for example as exemplified by such as consequently |
for instance including accordingly |
for one thing these include through |
Comparison/Contrast Connectives |
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however in spite of this whereas on the other hand in other respects |
nevertheless differs from on the contrary rather elsewhere either/or |
instead also in that respect alternatively neither/nor |
Cause/effect Connectives |
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so consequently as a consequence of yet despite this all the same accordingly as a result under the circumstances |
hence an effect of otherwise still however nevertheless so as as a result of |
an outcome of therefore because caused by in that case though even though then |