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Sentence Connectors
: signal words or connectives that relates
thought within sentences, paragraphs and
longer passages
Connectives
And, also, as well as, besides,
finally, furthermore, in addition to, in
conclusion, moreover
Examples, for example, kinds,
types, sorts, ordinal numbers (1, 2,3
etc), others, several, some, such as,
the following ways
Even if, however, in spite of, instead
of, nevertheless, on the other hand,
rather, still, yet, despite
All but, except
Function
More
information
will follow
Examples
will follow
An opposite
idea will
follow
Exception
will follow
Connectives
Function
As a result of, because, due to, in
order to, on account of, since
Cause
As a consequence, as a result,
consequently, so, so as to, so that,
therefore
After, as soon as, before, if,
provided that, should, while,
without, unless, until, following
As, before …... After, like some
…..other, than, once ….now
Effect
Conditions to
be met
Comparison
WRITING
Find a topic:
• Use the topic that is limited in terms of
time
• Use the topic that is limited in terms of
place
• Use the topic that is limited in numbers
• Use the topic that is a sub division of a
broad topic
Important notes
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Center your thinking
Organize your thinking
Be specific in your thinking
Present your thought in a clear and
standard English
Remember
English tends to avoid repetition. We can
use:
• Reference (pronoun)
• Elliptic
• Substitution
• Conjunction (linkers, relative pronoun:
which, whom)
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