Meronyms: transition, summative, disjunct
Source: wiktionary
Metadiscourse
Synonyms for "metadiscourse"
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Everything you write needs metadiscourse, but too much buries your ideas […] Some teachers and editors urge us to cut all metadiscourse, but everything we write needs some. You have to read with an eye to how good writers in your field use it, then do likewise. There are, however, some types that you can usually cut. [Examples follow.]
Source: wiktionary
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