in other words; rather; or; better; in that case is to
put it (more) simply
in view of this; with this in mind is to look at this another way Putting the same idea in a diferent way rst(ly); second(ly); third(ly) is another; yet another; in addition; nally to begin with; in the second place moreover; additionally; also; next; then and to conclude; lastly; nally Writing in lists Adding more to a point already made also; moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; then; in addition; besides; above all; too; as well (as) either; neither nor; not only but also; similarly; corresponding in the same way; indeed; in fact; really; in reality, it is found that as for; as to; with respect to; regarding therefore; accordingly; as a result so, (then,) it can be seen that the result is; the consequence is resulting from this; consequently; now we can see, then, that; it is evident that because of this; thus; hence; for this reason; owing to x; this suggests that; it follows that in other words; otherwise in that case; that implies Showing the results of something therefore; so, my conclusion is in short; in conclusion; to conclude; in all; on the whole to summarise; to sum up briey; in brief; altogether; overall; thus; thus we can see that h o w ever; n o n eth eless; in th e n al an alysis; d esp ite x; n o tw ith stan d in g x; in sp ite o f x w h ile x w ay b e tru e, n o n eth eless; alth o u g h ; th o u g h ; after all; at th e sam e tim e; o n th e o th er h an d ; all th e sam e; even if x is tru e; alth o u g h x m ay h ave a g o o d p o in t by contrast; another way of viewing this is; alternatively again; rather; one alternative is; another possibility is on the one hand ... on the other hand; conversely in com parison; on the contrary; in fact; though; although that is to say; in other w ords; for exam ple; for instance; nam ely; an exam ple of this is; and; as follow s; as in the follow ing exam ples; such as; including especially; particularly; in particular; notably; chiey; m ainly; m ostly Sum m ing up or conclud ing Introducing an alternative viewpoint R e tu rn in g to e m p h a sise yo u r e a rlie r v ie w p o in t Introducing examples SIGNPOST WORDS HELP POINT THE READER IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS WHILST MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IDEAS, ARGUMENTS AND ALSO OFFERING ALTERNATIVE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS SIGNPOST WORDS edenskills Copyright 2009 Adapted from Stella Cottrells Study Skills Hand Book For more information about EDEN Skills go to www.edenskills.co.uk