Linking Words Từ nối là những từ dùng để liên kết các câu với nhau trong một đoạn văn bản. Từ nối có thể xuất hiện ở đầu câu, giữa câu hoặc cuối câu nhằm thêm ý kiến, nhấn mạnh ý tưởng của người viết, giúp bài văn trở nên đỡ khô khan, liền mạch và trôi trảy hơn. 1. Từ nối dùng để nói về kết quả của một sự vật, sự việc nào đó (Result) Accordingly As a consequence (of) As a result As an effect Consequently Due to For this reason The reason why Eventually Hence * * *has led to/.. has resulted in.. Then Therefore Thereupon Thereby Thus So On account of 2. Từ nối dùng để nhấn mạnh ý kiến trong đoạn văn (Emphasis) Above all Actually After all Absolutely Chiefly Clearly Definitely Especially Even/ Even if Importantly In detail In fact In truth Indeed It should be noted It goes without saying that Naturally Needless to say Obviously Of course Particularly / in particular Positively Surprisingly Still.. yet.. There is little doubt that Truly Undoubtedly Unquestionably With attention Without a doubt 3. Từ nối dùng để cung cấp thêm thông tin làm rõ cho câu chủ đề (Clarifying or rephrasing) Additionally/an additional In addition, Along with Also Another point worth noting is Another factor to consider is Apart from this As well as As well as that Besides, Further Furthermore In addition In addition to this In the same fashion In other words Moreover Not only.. but also Not to mention On top of that To put it simply To put in another way That is to say What is more 4. Từ nối dùng để nói về lý do dẫn tới một sự vật, sự việc nào đó (Reason) As a result of Because of For the purpose of In fact In order to In view of Owing to One reason behind this is Provided that So that With this intention With this purpose 5. Từ nối sử dụng để nêu ví dụ (Example) As an example of A case As far.. is concerned.. Among others For example/ For instance For one thing Illustrated by In another case In the case of In this case In terms of In this situation In particular Including Like Namely On this occasion Proof of this Particularly Regarding Research shows that Research has found that Specifically Such as To clarify To demonstrate To demonstrate/ To clarify/ To illustrate To paraphrase To simplify To show an example To give an example To cite an example With respect to 6. Từ nối dùng để đưa ra ý kiến trái chiều (Contrast) Alternatively Although Though As opposed to Contrarily In contrary to this Conversely Despite/in spite of In spite of the fact that Differing from Even so Even though However In opposition Instead of Nevertheless Nonetheless Notwithstanding On the other hand On the contrary Oppositely Rather.. than.. Unlike Up against Whereas While Whilst Yet 7. Từ nối dùng để so sánh (Comparison) Compare / compare (d) to (with) In a similar manner In common In like manner In the same way Likewise Similar to Similarly Still another 8. Từ nối dùng nói về thứ tự trước sau của một giai đoạn, quy trình nào đó (Order) First/ firstly Second/ secondly Third/ thirdly Finally At this time Following Subsequently Above all First and foremost.. 9. Từ nối dùng để kết luận cuối bài, cuối đoạn (Summary) All in all, Briefly In a word In brief In conclusion In essence In short In summary In the end In the final analysis Shortly, On the whole Overall Taking everything into consideration Taking everything into account To conclude To sum up To summarize Ultimately Weighing up both sides of the argument.