Order

First paragraph
At first sight
First
First of all
In the first place
To start with

Second paragraph
In the second place
Second
Secondly
Third
Thirdly

Adding information
Apart from
In addition
In addition to
Whats more
Moreover
On top of that
Besides
On the one hand
On the other hand
And eventually

Contrast
All the same
However
Instead of
In spite of / despite
Nevertheless
On the contrary
Whereas / while
Though / although

Result
As a result
Because of
Consequently
So
That's why
Therefore

Explain
That is (to say)
In other words
In short
Above all
All in all
At least
Basically
Especially
Essentially
In general
In particular
More or less
On the whole
To a certain extent

Expressing facts
Actually
As a matter of fact
In fact
Really

Exemplifying
And so on
For example
For instance
Such
Sequencing
After that
All of a sudden
Finally
First of all
In the end
In the meantime
Meanwhile
Next
Suddenly
Then
While

Conclusion
Finally
In conclusion
Lastly
And eventually

Reason
Because of + noun
Due to + noun
Due to the fact that + sentence
For this / that reason
Owing to + noun
Owing to the fact that + sentence

Expressing a personal opinion

As far as I am concerned
From my point of view
I agree
I disagree
In my opinion
In my view
I think that
It is true that
Personally
To be honest
To tell the truth
Summarising
All in all
In brief
In conclusion
In short
On the whole
To sum up