Writing Key Words

Some Key Words for Historical Writing

Thanks to Ed Borges

Key Words for Linkage or Transition

Emphasizing or Strengthening
In addition	Correspondingly	In fact
Again	Equally	In general
Also	Equally important	In the same fashion
Another	For example	Likewise
As if	For instance	Moreover
As much as	Furthermore	Of course
As though	In a like manner	Similarly
Besides	In addition to	Too

Contrasting or explaining an exception
Although	However	On the contrary
And yet	In comparison	On the other hand
Besides	In comparison to	Otherwise
By comparison	In place of	Still
By contrast	In spite of	Unfortunately
Conversely	Instead	Unless
Differing from	Less important	Whereas
Even if	Nevertheless	Yet
Even though	Notwithstanding

Sequencing or order of importance
Above all	Gradually	Presently
Afterward	Hereafter	Since
As soon as	Immediately	Subsequently
Earlier	In the end	Thereafter
Equally important	In the first place	Thereupon
Eventually	In the meantime	Until
First	Meanwhile	When
Formerly	Next
Further	Of greater importance
Furthermore	Of lesser importance

Indicating cause, result, consequence or purpose
Accordingly	For this reason	So
As	Hence	Then
As a result	In any case	Therefore
Because	In fact	Thus
Consequently	Provided that	Gradually
Finally	Since

	Illustrating
As an example	For example	For instance
	Specifically

Key Words: Synonyms

Said
Added	Asserted	Remarked
Continued	Commented	Reported
Stated	Declared
Announced	Observed

Acknowledging or revealing
Acknowledged	Avowed	Divulged
Admitted	Conceded	Revealed
Affirmed	Confessed
Alleged	Disclosed

Explanatory
Answered	Responded
Explained	Retorted
Rejoined	Returned
Replied

Argumentative
Contended	Emphasized	Maintained
Countered	Exclaimed	Proclaimed

Suggestive
Hinted	Insinuated	Suggested
Implied	Intimated

Power Words
Asserts	Exemplifies	Reveals
Criticizes	Illustrates	Signifies
Compliments	Indicates	Strengthens
Demonstrates	Portrays	Symbolizes
Embraces	Reflects	Undermines