Useful+linking+phrases

 The following words, phrases and expressions are examples of //some// of the //cohesive devices// or //discourse markers// that you should make use of, where suitable, in the appropriate paragraphs of your essay in order to //signal// to the examiner the various component parts of your essay. These devices, and other similar ones you can think of for yourself, make it easier for the examiner to identify the aspects of your essay relevant to the **//marking criteria//**. These examples are not exclusive and there are enough choices and variations for you to avoid repetition.  This question seems to refer / refers to (the fact that) … At first glance, this question appears to relate to (the idea that) … In the quotation above, [//author//] seems / appears to be implying /suggesting that … According to the question, [//author//] seems / appears to imply / suggest that … It would seem / appear that this question focuses on (the idea that) …  Whilst this may be true / applicable / appropriate / a valid argument in certain cases … Although this may seem obvious / debatable / acceptable / extreme to a certain extent …   … in order to answer the question fully, it is necessary to consider … … there appear to be other factors involved which should be considered, such as … … on deeper reflection, it is necessary to analyse / examine / consider / take a closer look at … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… in arriving at a possible answer, there are several aspects / factors to consider, such as … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Therefore, / Consequently, / In fact, / In other words, / it seems / appears that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Initially, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">First of all, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In the first place, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To begin with, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… (probably / arguably) the most important / significant … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… one of the most important / significant … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… one obviously important / significant … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">factor is … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">aspect is … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">consideration is … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">element is … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">variable is … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Secondly, <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Furthermore, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Moreover, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In addition, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Additionally, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Finally <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… an (equally) important / significant … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… another relevant / important / significant / meaningful … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… one more important / significant / meaningful … ||^   || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Also, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What’s more, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">On top of this, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As well as this, … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… there is the fact that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it seems / appears that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it should be noted that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it is possible that … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For example, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For instance, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In particular, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A good example might be … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">An example can be seen … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Another example is … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… (if we) imagine being / having / doing … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… with regard to Science / Maths / History / Perception / Emotion … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… with reference to Science / Maths / History / Perception / Emotion … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… in the area of knowledge / field of / way of knowing … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… in ways of knowing such as reasoning / language / emotions …. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This can be explained with reference to … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The explanation for this may be that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The reason for this is that… <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This is because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This is a result of … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">On the other hand, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In contrast, <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">However, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… a //[person / specialist]// may / might / could believe / argue / claim that ... <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… some //[people / specialists]// may / might / could say / argue / claim / that… <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it could be argued / claimed //[by some specialists]// that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it is sometimes / often said / argued / claimed //[by some specialists]// that… <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… someone with an alternative perspective / different culture may argue … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">However, in response … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nevertheless, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nonetheless, … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it remains clear that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… despite (XYZ) it can still be argued that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… this argument is not entirely convincing because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… the weight of the evidence is against this position because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… while there seems to be some reason to feel (XYZ) I continue to believe <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> (ABC) because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… while it may appear that (XYZ) I continue to believe (ABC) because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… it must be assumed that <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It seems that my … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Depending upon your … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It appears that a person’s … || //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">upbringing / culture //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">experience / education //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">beliefs / age / gender // //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">motives / reasoning //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">.. has affected my perspective because … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… you perspective may differ as, … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">… can affect their perspective by … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">In conclusion <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To conclude <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From the above <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it can be seen that <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it has been shown <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">it would seem that || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">there are many <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">there is a range of <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">there are several || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">elements <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">aspects / factors <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">consideration || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">determining … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">deciding … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">involved in … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Of course, this assumes that …/ a major assumption is that … / this is assuming that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This seems to suggest / imply that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The implication of this is that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This means / implies that … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">we ought to … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">we should … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">we have to … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">be aware of … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">consider … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">bear in mind … || <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">If we wish to … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">whenever we … <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">when attempting ... ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Linking Phrases **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Introduction Phrases: **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases to interpret the question //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases to develop your answer //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases to answer the question / sum up a point //**
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Main Body Phrases: **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Topic Sentences used to introduce your point //**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to develop an idea related to the same point //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to introduce an example //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to introduce an example //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to introduce Counter-claims: //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to respond to Counter-claims //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to consider the factors that have influence someone’s perspective //**
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Conclusion Phrases: **
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to summarise your findings //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Phrases used to introduce assumptions and implications //**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">