TRANSITIONAL

WORDS/PHRASES
ILLUSTRATION ORDER

Illustrated by First/Firstly
COMPARISON
In the case of Second/Secondly
Similarly Such as Third/Thirdly
Equally For example Finally
Likewise As an example At this time
In like manner For instance Following
Like In this case Previously
In the same Way For one thing Before
Subsequently
Above all
CAUSE AND EFFECT Last but not the least
TIME AND SEQUENCE First and foremost
Therefore
Before So
After Because
Afterward RESULT
Thus
Then Hence As a result
Next Due to As a consequence
First, second… As a result Therefore
Finally Consequently Thus
Soon Hence
Later For this reason
Due to
CONTRAST

ADDITION But
However TIME
As well as On the other hand
Along with Presently
Otherwise
Besides Meanwhile
Unlike
In addition to this Finally
Conversely
And Thereafter
At the same time
Too In the past
In spite of
As well as In the meantime
Nevertheless
Furthermore To begin with
Alternatively
Also Whereas
In addition to
Not only – but also CONCLUSION
Apart from this EMPHASIS Generally speaking
All things considered
Especially
In fact
DIRECTION AND PLACE Absolutely
In conclusion
Certainly
Here In essence
Indeed
There To summarize / In summary
In addition
Over there Altogether
In particular
Beyond Overall
Furthermore
Opposite To sum up
Also
Under On the whole
Definitely
Above All in all
Clearly
To the left Ultimately
Without a doubt
In the distance Definitely
Particularly/In particular