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Stitching: Signal Words

Concluding Phrases

For the reasons above
As you can see
As I have noted
In other words
On the whole
To sum up
To be sure
Without a doubt
In summation
Unquestionably
In short
Undoubtedly
In conclusion
Obviously
Summarizing
In brief
In any event
In any case
Concluding

Supporting Opinions

First
Second
Third
Finally
Furthermore
In addition
Also
Last
Besides
Next
Moreover
Further
Again
Similarly

Introducing Details

For example
In fact
For instance
As evidence
In support of this

Cause and Effect

Since
Because of
Due to
For this reason
Therefore
If … then
Caused by
This results in
Consequently
Accordingly
As a result of
Leads to
In effect
Brought about
Made possible
As might be expected
Give rise to
Was responsible for

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