LINGUISTIC CUES
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listing - examplification
- addition - stress - comparison
- contrast - modulation
- cause - inference - reiteration
- summary - process - conclusion
Q&As - purpose - alternatives
1. LISTING
for a start
to begin with
to start with
first(ly),
second(ly),
third(ly)
finally,
lastly,
last but not least
eventually
in conclusion
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2. EXAMPLIFICATION
for example
for instance
such as ...
like
as a first example
as another example/instance
another example yet is
as still another example
in still another instance
we can cite
we can here think of
among which
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3. ADDITION
then
in addition
additionally
besides
furthermore
as well as ... ( verb + ing )
not to mention
too
also
What's more
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4. STRESS
(not) (very) much/many
a great deal / many a
a major ...
a large
an important ...
... of great importance
a high level of ...
above all
superlatives : best, smallest, least, etc.
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5.COMPARISON
also
too
the same as ...
like
alike
in similar ways
similar to
similarly
in a like manner
both
all
neither
while
whereas
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6. CONTRAST
now
but
yet
however
nevertheless
even so
on the other hand
unlike
in contrast with/to ...
contrasting
opposite
far from
other
another
otherwise
different
differently
a very different thing is
despite
in spite of
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7. MODULATION
though
while
to some extent
whereas
rather
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8. CAUSE
why
because
since
as
one cause ... another cause ...
a major/continuing cause for ..is ..
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9. RESULT
as a result (of)
in consequence of
there result(s)
there follows that
the result is
the likely outcome
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10. INFERENCE
thus
therefore
consequently
hence
as a result
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11. QUESTION/ANSWER
see
examples of questions that structure speech
see
more questions
12. REITERATION
as we have said before
as was mentioned before
as seen previously
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13. SUMMARY
to sum up
in short
on the whole
all in all
when all is said and done
in a nutshell
to cut a long story short
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14. PROCESS
at first
then
later
at last
the first stage
the second step
until
throughout
soon
after
for
since
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15. CONCLUSION
By way of a conclusion
to conclude
as a conclusion
to sum up
i'd like to conclude by
in
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16. PURPOSE
for + ing
for + sujet en forme de complément (me) + to
in order to
so that
with the intent of + ing
with a view to
17. ALTERNATIVES
if
whether
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