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Transition Words and Phrases

Transition words and phrases can easily guide a reader through your writing. Incorporate

transitions into your writing to give your essay a more polished and concise effect.

Time

Afterward As soon as At first At the same time

Before Earlier Eventually Finally

Immediately In the meantime Later Meanwhile

Next Now Simultaneously Since

Soon Subsequently Then Until

Sequence or Addition

Again Also And Besides

Finally In addition Additionally Last

Moreover First Second Third

Next Furthermore Still Even more

First of all Second of all Another Secondly

Thirdly Further What is more

Cause and Effect

As a result Consequently In consequence As a consequence

Therefore Then Hence Thus

Accordingly Because of Due to For that reason

Comparison and Contrast

In the same way Likewise By the same token Similarly

In like manner In similar fashion Also In comparison

Comparatively Yet Nonetheless Nevertheless

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However On the contrary On the other hand In contrast

In converse Conversely Notwithstanding Despite

Whereas In opposition

Examples

For example For instance Specifically Namely

To illustrate As an illustration To demonstrate To show

One instance Another instance To be precise To be exact

Emphasis

Indeed Of course To repeat To reiterate

By all means Without a doubt Undoubtedly Certainly

In fact Surely Absolutely Even more

Above all More importantly Undeniably Definitely

To be clear Clearly Obviously Evidently

Summary and Conclusion

In summary In conclusion In short To recap

In recapitulation To recapitulate To conclude Finally

As a final point At last Lastly In the end

Overall Altogether To put it briefly As has been noted

To summarize All in all In sum

Works Cited and Suggested Reading

Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. New

York: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2015. Print.

“Transitional Words and Phrases.” The Writer’s Handbook. Writing Center at the U of Wisconsin, 2014. Web. 3

June 2016.

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