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Transition Words and Phrases

Transition words and phrases help establish clear connections between ideas and ensure
that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read.
Teaching your students how to properly use transitional words is crucial to the
development of their writing composition skills. Use the following words and phrases in
the following circumstances.

To indicate more information: To indicate an example:


Besides For example
Furthermore For instance
In addition In particular
Indeed Particularly
In fact Specifically
Moreover To demonstrate
Second...Third..., etc. To illustrate

To indicate a cause or reason: To indicate a result or an effect:


As Accordingly
Because Finally
Because of Consequently
Due to Hence
For So
For the reason that Therefore
Since Thus

To indicate a purpose or reason why: To compare or contrast:


For fear that Although
In the hope that However
In order to In comparison
So In contrast
So that Likewise
With this in mind Nevertheless
On the other hand
Similarly
Whereas
Yet

To indicate a particular time frame or a shift from one time period to another:
After Initially
Before Lastly
Currently Later
During Meanwhile
Eventually Next
Finally Previously
First,...Second,..., etc. Simultaneously
Formerly Soon
Immediately Subsequently
To summarize: To conclude:
Briefly Given these facts
In brief Hence
Overall In conclusion
Summing up So
To put it briefly Therefore
To sum up Thus
To summarize To conclude

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