| Addition – Demonstrations that one piece of text is an expansion of another | ||
| Also | And | Besides |
| Beyond that | Coupled with | Finally |
| First, Second, Third… | Furthermore | In addition |
| Indeed | Moreover | Taken together |
| Clarification – Demonstrations that two pieces of text express the same idea in alternate ways | ||
| In other words | Namely | One could say |
| Put differently | Put simply | Said another way |
| That is | To clarify | What that means is |
| Comparison – Demonstrations that two pieces of text are related to one another | ||
| Also | Analogous to this | By comparison |
| By the same token | Consistent with | Correspondingly |
| Equally important | In the same vein | In the same way |
| Less vital | Likewise | Much like |
| Resembling | Similarly | Too |
| Contrast – Demonstrations that two pieces of text oppose one another | ||
| Alternatively | Although | Conversely |
| Despite that | However | Instead |
| Nonetheless | On the contrary | On the other hand |
| Rather | Still | That said |
| To this point | While | Yet |
| Elaboration – Demonstrations that one piece of text expands upon another | ||
| Although | At the same time | Even more extreme |
| In doing so | In fact | In particular |
| In terms of | More specifically/generally | Taken at face value |
| What is more | Whereby | Widening on that point |
| Exemplification – Demonstrations that one piece of text reinforces a more general statement | ||
| As case in point | As evidenced by | For example |
| For instance | Illustrative of that | Namely |
| These | To illustrate | To wit |
| Implication – Demonstrations that one piece of text is a logical outcome of another | ||
| As a result | As such | Because |
| Consequently | Ergo | For that reason |
| Given that observation | Hence | If true |
| It follows that | Since | That suggests |
| Then | Therefore | Thus |
| Orientation – Demonstrations of how connections will be made between sections of text | ||
| Before doing that we will | Beginning with | In doing so |
| In this chapter | Initially | To do so |
| To ensure that | To that end | Ultimately we will |
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2647 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 460 - 464
Submitted on: Apr 5, 2026
Accepted on: May 11, 2026
Published on: May 26, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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