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Connectives as signposts

As you read through the grid, reflect on which connectives link across sentences,
like howeverand moreover, and which ones link within sentences, like although
and because.

14 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy| Pedagogy and practice
Unit 14: Developing writing

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Adding

and

also

as well as

moreover

too

Sequencing

next

then

first, second, third, ...

finally

meanwhile

before

after

Emphasising

above all

in particular

especially

significantly

indeed

notably

Comparing

equally

in the same way

similarly

likewise

as with

like

Cause and effect

because

so

therefore

thus

consequently

Qualifying

however

although

unless

except

if

as long as

apart from

yet

Illustrating

for example

such as

for instance

as revealed by

in the case of

Contrasting

whereas

instead of

alternatively

otherwise

unlike

on the other hand