What words or phrases are used to connect or join ideas in sentences that have a particular relationship?

What are the words that show sequence or order of events that indicate coherence?

We need to secure our family’s future; _____________________, our children.

What are these linking words or transitional phrases that connect your ideas between sentences and paragraphs that indicate coherence?

Arrange the phrases by placing the text in the correct order.

1. that all men

2. created equally

3. I strongly believe 

4. and women are

Coherence means every phrase and sentence contributes to the meaning of the whole paragraph or text. To achieve this, signal words are very important in connecting one idea to another.