Cohesive devices are sometimes called linking words, linkers, connectors, discourse markers, or transitional words. Cohesive Devices are words or phrases that show the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech.

ADDITION

In addition, Furthermore, On top of that, Moreover

CONTRAST

In contrast, On the contrary, On the other hand, However, Nevertheless

COMPARE

Similarly, Likewise, Equally

QUALIFY

However, Although, Apart from that

SEQUENCE

First of all, Meanwhile, Subsequently

ILLUSTRATE

For instance, As shown by, As an example

CONCLUDING

In conclusion, To sum up, To conclude

OPINION

In my opinion, I believe that, I am of the opinion, In my view