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WHAT ARE CONNECTIVES?
Connectives are words that link
or connect ideas within yourwriting.
They can be used within sentences
to link two or more points together. Connectives can also be used to
link ideas together in separate
sentences and/or paragraphs.
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CONNECTIVES
Connectives make your writing morepowerful and help the reader movesmoothly from one point to the next
Remember to use connectives to makeyour ideas flow and to improve the
structure of your writing
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ADDING CONNECTIVES
and
moreovertoo
also
as well as
These connectives are usedto add further information.
Example:All metals are goodconductors of heat andelectricity. Moreover, theycan be bent without breaking.
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SEQUENCING CONNECTIVESbefore
nextfirst
after
then
second
third
eventually
meanwhile
finally
firstly
These help to develop thelogical sequence of yourideas.
They enable you to showchronological order.
Example:Romeo loved
Rosaline beforehe metJuliet at the Capulets ball.
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EMPHASISING CONNECTIVES
These help to highlightyour ideas.
Example: Calcium is animportant mineral,especiallyif you need tostrengthen your teeth
and bones.
above all
especially
indeed
in particularnotably
significantly
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COMPARING CONNECTIVES
We use these connectives to
compare two different ideas witheach other to show that they aresimilar.
Example:Multiplication can beused to work out the price of tenapples. Similarly, division canbe used to work out the price ofone apple when buying a bag of
ten.
likewisesimilarly
in the same way
like
as withequally
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CONTRASTING CONNECTIVES
We use these connectives tocompare two different ideaswith each other to show thatthey are different.
Example:William theConqueror led his men tobattle on horseback, whereasHarolds infantry fought on
foot.
whereasalternatively
instead of
otherwise
unlikeon the other hand
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CAUSE AND EFFECT CONNECTIVES
so
because
thus
consequentlytherefore
These connectives help toexplain why somethinghappens.
Example: The boy missedhis bus. Consequentlyhewas late for school.
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QUALIFYING CONNECTIVES
however
unlessalthough
as long as
if
except
These connectives help toexplain why something maychange because ofsomething else.
Example:Although thedog was very small he was
still quite aggressive.
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ILLUSTRATING CONNECTIVES
whereas
otherwiseinstead of
unlike
alternatively
on the otherhand
These connectives are usedwhen we want to give anexample of something.
Example:The cat wassmall and quiet unliketheenormous barking dog.
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On Inside
Within OutsideThroughout Near
Beyond Among
Below Beneath
To Towards
From Into
Out of Off
PLACE CONNECTIVES
These connectives are usedto express the position ofsomething.
Example: The earths outerlayer is called the crust.Beneaththis lies the next
layer, known as the mantle.
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TEMPORAL CONNECTIVESBefore During
Earlier Later
Since Meanwhile
Whenever At + oclock
In +_hours Already
Till Until
Now By + the
time
These connectives are used toexpress time and are usuallyused to explain when somethinghappens/has happened inrelation to something else.
Example: The earth travelsaround the sun once a year.Duringthis time, it spins roundon its axis once every 24 hours.