Crucial Connectives!
Improving the level of your written answers is an important step to improving your understanding of a particular topic or issue. To help with your written work we have included a list of ‘connectives'. Try to use these to add more detail to your written answers.
For example:
“I think windfarms are good because they produce clean electricity” – simple answer
“Some people think windfarms are good because they produce clean electricity, however other people think they are bad because they spoil the landscape. Despite this I think the benefits of clean renewable energy outweigh their costs”
- well argued, will get more marks (the opinion of the writer does not matter but the ability to explain it will be worth more).
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Emphasising: Mainly Mostly Usually Unfortunately |
Rephrasing: In other words… That is to say… To put it more simply…
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Adding: …and… …also… …too… …as well as… …and then… in addition… Another… |
Cause and effect: …so… …as a result of… …because… This means that… …due to… …therefore…
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Contrasting: …however… …on the other hand… …although… …despite this… …whereas…
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Examples: For example… For instance… …such as… …as can be seen (when)… …as shown by… This can be proven by… |
Listing: Firstly… Second… Next… Finally… In the first place… To begin with… Before… Previously… Later… This can be proven by… |
Concluding/Summary: In conclusion… In summary… To sum up… Overall… On the whole… Finally…
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