Linking Words And Phrases

Although some of these words have already been mentioned as sentence connectors, they can also be used to develop coherence within a paragraph, that is linking one idea / argument to another.
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SEQUENCE	RESULT
First / firstly, second / secondly, third / thirdly etc Next, last, finally  In addition, moreover Further / furthermore Another  Also  In conclusion   To summarise	So   As a result As a consequence (of) Therefore  Thus  Consequently  Hence  Due to
ADDITION	REASON
And  In addition / additionally / an additional   Furthermore  Also  Too  As well as	For  Because  Since  As Because of
CONTRAST	COMPARISON
However  Nevertheless Nonetheless  Still Although / even though  Though  But  Yet  Despite / in spite of In contrast (to) / in comparison  While  Whereas On the other hand  On the contrary EMPHASIS Indeed Undoubtedly   Obviously Generally Admittedly In fact Particularly / in particular Especially  Clearly  Importantly	Similarly Likewise Also Like Just as  Just like  Similar to Same as Compare compare(d) to / with Not only...but also   EXAMPLE For instance For example That is (ie) Such as Including Namely That is (ie) Such as Including  Namely