Cohesive Devices

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Here is a list of words and phrases used as cohesive devices:

Addition

Coordinator	Paired	Subordinating	Transitions	Prep. Phrase
And	Both...and	---	In addition	In addition to
	Not only...but(also)		Further more	As well as
	Neither...nor		Besides*	Besides*
			What's more	Apart from
			Also	Aside from
			On top of that
			Moreover
			Indeed

Examples:

Both/not only proteins and/but also vitamins are essential for small children.

The film was neither well made nor well-performed.

I can play the piano apart from the guitar.

Contrast

Coordinator	Paired	Subordinating	Transitions	Prep. Phrase
But	---	Although, though	However	Despite
Yet		Even though, much as	Nonetheless	In spite of
		Notwithstanding	Yet, even so	For all
		No matter + question word	Nevertheless	Regardless of
		However + adj./adv.	Still	Notwithstanding
		Adj./adv. + though/as	Notwithstanding

Examples:

Although he's very smart, he cannot pass his English class.

No matter how smart you are, you shouldn't underestimate your opponents.

He's very smart, he doesn't respect his friends though.

Regardless of age, anybody can ride this ride.

Direct Contrast

Coordinator	Paired	Subordinating	Transitions	Prep. Phrase
But	---	While	On the contrary	Unlike
Yet		Whereas	In contrast	In contrast to
			On the other hand	Contrary to
			Conversely	As opposed to
			Contrarily While / whereas

Examples:

The winters are very wet here; whereas, the summers are very dry.

It was very hot yesterday, in contrast, it’s very cold today.

It's cold and windy today, on the other hand, it’s not raining.

Result

Coordinator	Paired	Subordinating	Transitions	Prep. Phrase
---	So/such ... that	---	Therefore	As a result of
			As a result of this	As a consequence of
			As a result
			So, this, hence
			Consequently
			As a consequence of this
			Because of this
			Accordingly

Cause		Effect
Man's hunting whales in large numbers	Causes leads to results in is the result for is responsible for	the danger of their becoming extinct
Effect		Cause
Whales' facing extinction	is the result of is due to is a consequence of result from	man's hunting them in large numbers

For Example:

As a consequence of rising population, people now have to cope with heavy traffic.

It was such a great movie that I watched it three times.

The basketball team's introducing a talented young player resulted in winning more games.

Purpose

Coordinator	Paired	Subordinating	Transitions	Prep. Phrase
---	---	So that	---	In order to
		In order that		To
		For the purpose that		For the purpose of
				For fear of
				So as to

For Example:

I talked to the shy girl for the purpose that she wouldn’t feel isolated.

We all spoke in quiet voices for fear of waking the baby up.

She went to her husband’s office for the purpose of seeing him.

Comparison

similarly
equally
in the same way
compared with
like

I can speak Spanish; similarly, my brother can speak Spanish.

Listings

first(ly)
finally
in the first place
then
to conclude
to begin
next

I loved England a lot. First I loved its museums. Secondly, I loved its people. Finally I loved its tourist attractions.

Giving Examples

for example
for instance
such as
as follows
namely

I like small pets such as cats and birds.

Generalizing

in general
generally
in most cases
most of the time
on the whole

In general, people don't like getting up early.

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