Show Cause
1. Due to
2. Because
3. Because of
4. Owing to
Showing
effect
1. Therefore,
2. As a result
3. Consequently
4. For this reason
5. Thus
6. So
7. Thereby
8. Eventually,
9. Hence,
10. The reason why
Stating
your opinion
1. In my opinion
2. According to me
3. In my view
4. To me
5. From my point of view
6. I think
7. It seems to me that
8. I believe
9. It appears that
10. I suppose
11. I realize
12. I understand
13. I imagine
14. I feel
Generalizing
1. Generally,
2. Generally speaking,
3. Overall
4. On the whole
5. In general
6. By and large
7. It seems to me that
8. I believe
9. All in all
10. Basically
11. Essentially
12. As a rule
13. All things considered
14. For the most part
Contrast
1. However
2. But
3. On the contrary
4. On the other hand
5. Differ from
6. Nevertheless
7. Although
8. Though
9. Otherwise
10. Instead
11. Alternatively
12. Even though
13. Rather than
14. While
15. Though
16. Whereas
Expressing
Certainty
1. Certainly
2. Undoubtedly
3. Doubtless
4. No doubt
5. Definitely
6. Of course
Expressing
Partial Agreement
1. More or less
2. To some extent
3. Up to a point
4. Almost
5. In a way
6. So to speak
Comparing
1. Similar to
2. As…as
3. In common
4. Also
5. Either… or
6. In the same way
7. Neither … nor
8. At the same time
9. Just as
10. Resemble
Adding
Information
1. Furthermore
2. In addition
3. Also
4. And
5. Moreover
6. Similarly
7. Likewise
8. As well as
9. Besides
10. Too
11. Even
12. What’s more
Expressing
condition
1. If
2. Whether
3. In case
4. Unless
5. Provided that
6. So that
7. Even if
Marking
time
1. First
2. Last
3. Second
4. Third,
5. Firstly
6. Secondly
7. Thirdly
8. During
9. To begin with
10. Simultaneously
11. Since
12. Afterwards
13. When
14. Last
15. Lastly
16. Then
17. First of all
18. Before
19. After
20. While
21. At the same time
22. After this/that
23. Meanwhile
24. Following this
25. As soon as
Giving
example
1. For example
2. For instance
3. Such as
4. In other words
5. As
6. Like
7. That is
8. Namely
9. To illustrate
10. To paraphrase
Concluding
1. To summarize
2. To conclusion
3. Lastly
4. Finally
5. To conclude with
6. In short
Time
1. After
2. When
3. As
4. Since
5. Until
6. While
7. Once
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