A brief PP on how connectives can be used to create contrasts and to join points together

2. WHAT ARE CONNECTIVES?
Parts of speech that “join” other
words together.
The most common one are “and”
and “but”.
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3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONNECTIVES
C O N N E C T I V E S T H AT
C O N N E C T I V E S T H AT MAKE DIFFERENT
DEVELOP POINTS POINTS
And But
Because
As
However
Since Besides
Then Whereas
Therefore
Meanwhile
Furthermore
As a result Yet
As a consequence In contrast
Nevertheless
In a different way
Similarly
Since Alternatively
Although
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4. CONNECTIVES IN PERSUASIVE SPEECH
• Now use some connectives when writing the opening to a speech about
(pick one topic):
• Who inspires you?
• Things that inspire me
• Things that annoy me
• The happiest day of my life
• The worst day of my life
• Why the internet is ruining young people’s lives
• Why the internet is the best thing that has happened to young people
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