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Common Connectors

Leonor Adelina Gamboa

Created on February 2, 2024

Most common and useful connectors for Speaking and Writing. Designed, adapted and edited for academic purposes by Leonor Adelina Gamboa, 3rd February, 2024.

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Common connectors

For Writing and Speaking

Cause and Effect

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Use

  • to explain things or events
  • provide reasons

Illustration

Use

  • to give illustrations or examples
  • to prove a point and convince others
  • to provide details or descriptions

Emphasis

  • Use
  • to focus on a particular point or example
  • to make the listener understand the importance of a specific idea

Comparision

Use

  • to draw attention to certain similarities
  • to make a point or explain something

Contrast

Use

  • to express different or contradicting ideas side-by-side
  • to focus attention on important differences
  • to make awareness of the many sides of a topic
  • to connect different sentences into a single sentence.

Sequence

Use

  • to give sstep-by-step instructions
  • to point listing

Conclusion

Use

  • To show we have reached
to the end
NOTE: usually we repeat the most important points for concluding.

References

Edited and adapted for Academic Purposes by Leonor Adelina Gamboa, February 2, 2024 from:

Mittra, A. (October 2, 2023). 38 English Connectors to Improve Your Speaking and Writing. Enux Education Limited. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-connectors/

Credits for the music: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/the-pig-who-could-fly License code: LIADUN13JKJJUO4M

Threats

Contextualize your topic
  • Plan the structure of your communication.
  • Give it a hierarchy and give visual weight to the main point.
  • Add secondary messages with interactivity.
  • Establish a flow through the content.
  • Measure results.

Weaknesses

Contextualize your topic
  • Plan the structure of your communication.
  • Give it a hierarchy and give visual weight to the main point.
  • Add secondary messages with interactivity.
  • Establish a flow through the content.
  • Measure results.

Opportunities

Contextualize your topic
  • Plan the structure of your communication.
  • Give it a hierarchy and give visual weight to the main point.
  • Add secondary messages with interactivity.
  • Establish a flow through the content.
  • Measure results.