Common Transitional Words and Phrases

[Pages:3]Common Transitional Words and Phrases

Th es e word s will h elp yo u achieve a s m oo t h t r ansi tion b e t we en paragraphs and / or subjects. If you have any ques tions on how to use t h e m, please feel free t o com e t o t h e STAR Cen t er and se e Mandy Davis for help.

To show sequence

firs t, s ec ond, third, then, af t er, af t erward, since, before, when, whenever, un til, as so on as, a s long a s, while, again, also, be side s, finally, furthermore, last, moreover, next, s till, too

To show cause and effect

therefore, thus, consequently, as a result, for this reason, so, so th a t, accordingly, because, for this purpose, hence, thereupon, to this end, since

To compare

similarly, likewise, in like m ann er, also, in fac t, ac t u ally, inde ed, c er t ainly, again, in t h e sa m e way, once more

To contrast

however, on the one hand /on the other hand, in con trast, conversely, but, yet, on the contrary, nev er t h eles s, none t h eles s, s till, no t wit h s t anding, d e spi t e, s till, although, even though, in spit e of, inst ead, regardless

To show addition

and, in addition, also, fur thermore, moreover, besides, nex t, again, to o, s e con d, t hird, ano t h er, finally

To indicate time

before, now, after, afterwards, sub s e qu en tly, lat er, earlier, m eanwhile, in t h e m e an tim e, while, as long as, so far, af t er a bit, af t er a few days, af t er a while, a s soon a s, at last, at length, a that time, b efor e, earlier, imme dia t ely, in th e mean time, in the past, lately, pre sen tly, shor tly, simultaneou sly, since, t h en, t her e af t er, un til, when

To give examples

To generalize To emphasize a point To show Place To show qualification

for example, for instance, s p ecifically, nam ely, t o illus tr a t e, t h a t is, in par ticular, af t er all, even, indeed, in fact, of course, such as, t h e following exam ple

in general, for th e mo s t p ar t, as a g ener al rule, on t h e wh ole, usually, t ypically

indeed, in fact, as ma t t er of fac t, even

abov e, adjacen t t o , b elow, beyond, closer t o, elsewhere, far, far th er on, here, near, nearby, opposite to, t h er e, t o th e lef t, to th e righ t

frequ en tly, of t en, usually, in gen er al, occa sionally, provided, in ca s e, unless, when, since, be cau se, for, if

To signal concession

of cour s e, na t ur ally, al though i t is true that, grant ed that, I admit that, it may appear that, although, though, no doub t, t o be sure, whereas, of course, doubtless, c er t ainly

To conclude or summarize

in conclusion, t o conclude, in summary, to summarize, in short, in other words, therefore, thus, in reality, a s a r e sul t, as ha s b e en no t e d, as I have said, as we have s e en, a s m en tioned earlier, in any even t, on th e whole, therefore

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