Logical Connectors

To help the reader see how ideas are connected, sometimes the writer adds a few words to show this connection. These words can reassure the reader; they say, in effect, “Yes, we are still moving in this direction.” Or they can warn the reader, “We are heading somewhere else now.” They can also inform the reader, “Here is how I see these ideas as being connected. Please try to see this connection, not some other one.” Connector words are one way that a writer can control the imagination of the creative reader.