Development of Ideas in Writing

Predicting the Development of Ideas

• Time Markers: when, as, since, while, at the time, after, before, during
• Adding Information Markers: and, also, too, in addition, moreover, furthermore, besides, not only...but also, as well as
• Condition Markers: if, unless, on condition that, provided, as, since, because, due to, for, owing to, causes, brings about, leads to
• Result/Consequence Markers: hence, thus, as a result, consequently, so, so... that, therefore, results in
• Purpose Markers: in order to, in the hope that, to + a verb, so as to, so that
• Similarity Markers: similarly, in the same way, likewise, like, as, as... as, just as... so, both... and, neither... nor
• Contrast Markers: while, whereas, unlike, but, on the other hand, differently from, in contrast to, instead of, rather than
• Exception/Contrast Markers: Although, even though, even if, in spite of, despite, yet, however, nevertheless, still
• Examples/Clarification Markers: such as, for example, for instance, that is, in other words, e.g., i.e., punctuation marks (colons, commas, dashes, parentheses)
• Sequence Markers: First, second, last, finally, when, following, later, next, then, during, after, before, in (year:1948), in (period: 1960's), in/at this stage, step, process