Transition Words For Your Essays

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Transition Signals:

Transitions are words and phrases that connect ideas and show how they are related.

To repeat and ideas just stated:

• In other words,
  
• That is,
  
• To repeat,
  
• Again,
  

To illustrate an idea:

• For example,
  
• For instance,
  
• In particular,
  
• To illustrate,
  
• In this manner,
  
• Thus,
  

To announce a contrast, a change in direction:

• Yet,
  
• However,
  
• Still,
  
• Nevertheless,
  
• On the other hand,
  
• In contrast,
  
• Instead of,
  
• On the contrary,
  
• Conversely,
  
• Notwithstanding,
  
• In spite of this,
  

Time:

• At once,
  
• In the interim,
  
• At length,
  
• Immediately,
  
• At last,
  
• Meanwhile,
  
• In the meantime,
  
• Presently,
  
• At the same time,
  
• Shortly,
  
• In the end,
  
• Temporarily,
  
• Thereafter,
  

To restate an idea more precisely:

• To be exact,
  
• To be specific,
  
• To be precise,
  
• More specifically,
  
• More precisely,
  

To mark a new idea as an addition to what has been said:

• Similarly,
  
• Also,
  
• Too,
  
• Besides,
  
• Furthermore,
  
• Further,
  
• Moreover,
  
• In addition,
  

To show cause and effect:

• As a result,
  
• For this reason,
  
• Thereafter,
  
• Hence,
  
• Consequently,
  
• Accordingly,
  

Conclusion:

• In short,
  
• To conclude,
  
• In brief,
  
• On the whole,
  
• In summary,
  
• To sum up,
  

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