SPEAKER 1: Sometimes in your writing, you need to link ideas. SPEAKER 2: Because they are related. SPEAKER 1: Good example. ‘Because’ is a conjunction. SPEAKER 2: Conjunctions are linking words.

In grammar, a conjunction is a connecting word. The most common, called "coordinating conjunctions," are "and," "but" and "or." Our old friend "as" also can serve as a conjunction, a type known as ...