Grading Reading Main purpose Important details Connections Analysis Evidence Reasoning Writing Introduction and conclusion Organization with transitions Support from source text College-level vocabulary and writing skills Transition Words Agreement Opposition Examples/Support Conclusion In the first place, Although In other words As can be seen Not only…but also In contrast As an illustration Generally speaking As a matter of fact On the other hand For this reason In the final In like manner On the contrary That is to say analysis In addition In spite of Notably All things Coupled with Conversely Including considered In the same Otherwise In particular As above fashion/way However In general In the long run First, second, third, Nevertheless For example Given these points In the light of Regardless For instance As has been noted Equally important Notwithstanding To demonstrate After all By the same token Besides To emphasize In conclusion Uniquely all To enumerate To summarize Moreover In reality To clarify On balance As well as After all Another key point Overall Together with The most In any event Comparatively compelling On the whole Correspondingly evidence All in all Similarly Specifically In summary Additionally Significantly Ordinarily Furthermore Surprisingly Usually
Grading Reading Main purpose Important details Connections Analysis Evidence Reasoning Writing Introduction and conclusion Organization with transitions Support from source text College-level vocabulary and writing skills Transition Words Agreement Opposition Examples/Support Conclusion In the first place, Not only…but also As a matter of fact In like manner In addition Coupled with In the same fashion/way First, second, third, In the light of Equally important By the same token Uniquely Moreover As well as Together with Comparatively Correspondingly Similarly Additionally Furthermore Although In contrast On the other hand On the contrary In spite of Conversely Otherwise However Nevertheless Regardless Notwithstanding Besides all In reality After all In other words As an illustration For this reason That is to say Notably Including In particular In general For example For instance To demonstrate To emphasize To enumerate To clarify Another key point The most compelling evidence Specifically Significantly Surprisingly As can be seen Generally speaking In the final analysis All things considered As above In the long run Given these points As has been noted After all In conclusion To summarize On balance Overall In any event On the whole All in all In summary Ordinarily Usually