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Published by minexsmile, 2021-02-08 00:58:08

List of Cohesive Devices

List of Cohesive Devices

Keywords: COHESIVE DEVICE,LINKER

Linkers (Cohesive Devices)
Below are some of the commonly used linkers and their functions.

Linker Function
 To show sequence.
 To begin with, / To start off,
 First, / Firstly, / First and foremost,  To give additional information.
 Secondly,  To introduce a new idea.
 Thirdly,
 Next,  To show cause and effect.
 Last but not least,  To present the link between actions
 Finally, / Lastly,
and consequences.
 Besides,
 Furthermore,  To introduce a contradicting idea.
 Moreover,
 In addition,  To show similarity.
 Apart from that,  To make comparison.
 Other than that, 1
 … also …

 Therefore,
 Thus,
 Hence,
 Consequently,
 As a result,
 As a consequence,
 … so …

 However,
 Nevertheless, / Nonetheless,
 In contrast,
 On the contrary,
 On the other hand,
 In spite of … ,
 Despite …
 … instead of …
 … but …
 … meanwhile …
 … while …
 … whereas …

 Similarly,
 Likewise,
 In the same manner,
 … also …
 In comparison,
 Comparatively speaking,

Linker Function
 To give an example to support the
 For example,
 For instance, idea.
 Take for example,
 In particular,  To emphasise an idea.
 To be specific,
 To illustrate,  To make a conclusion to the essay.
 … such as …
 … like …
 … particularly …

 In fact,
 Indeed,
 Certainly,
 Undoubtedly,
 Undeniably,
 Obviously,

 In conclusion,
 In a nutshell,
 In summary,
 In brief,
 In short,
 To sum up,
 To conclude,
 To summarise,

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