Enhancing Your Writing: The Power of Discourse Markers
Explore the importance of discourse markers in writing, such as linking words, sequencing words, illustrating phrases, cause and effect indicators, comparing terms, qualifying conjunctions, contrasting transitions, and emphasizing expressions. Understand how these tools help create cohesion, guide readers, and enhance the effectiveness of your writing.
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Discourse markers Discourse markers are like the signposts of your writing. They allow the reader to know what directions you are going in next if your next point will be similar, or different, to the one before. Discourse markers create cohesion and allow writing to fit together effectively.
Adding and also as well as too additionally moreover furthermore in addition
Sequencing first, second, third next after subsequently finally meanwhile then
Illustrating for example for instance as revealed by evidenced such as in the case of illustrated by
Cause and Effect because therefore consequently as a result so thus hence Remember, use a comma after some of these discourse markers for effect!
Comparing similarly as with equally correspondingly likewise like in the same way
Qualifying but however unless apart from if although except as long as
Contrasting whereas alternatively unlike conversely instead of otherwise on the other hand
Emphasising above all especially indeed in particular significantly notably
