Describing similarities Showing limitation or contradiction

 Likewise  Despite/in spite of

 Correspondingly  While (not whilst!)
 Equally  Even so
 Not only… but also  On the contrary
 In the same way  Nevertheless
 Similarly  Nonetheless
 Although
 Admittedly

Showing cause and effect Emphasis, addition or examples

 Consequently  To illustrate
 As a result  To clarify
 Thus  Further (not ‘furthermore’)
 Hence (never ‘hence why’)  First, second and third (not firstly,
 Since (try to avoid ‘as’ when showing secondly and thirdly)
cause and effect)  For instance
 Because  Moreover
 Therefore  Typically
 Accordingly  Especially
 This suggests that  In fact
 It follows that  Namely
 For this reason  In addition

Comparing and contrasting Concluding

 Alternatively  To summarise
 However  It can be concluded that
 Conversely  As can be seen
 On the other hand  Ultimately
 Instead  Given the above
 Yet  As described
 On the contrary  Finally