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Common Transitional Words and Phrases: To Show Sequence

This document provides a list of common transitional words and phrases to help writers smoothly connect paragraphs and topics within essays or other written works. Some of the transitional devices included are words to show sequence, cause and effect, comparison, contrast, addition, time, examples, generalization, emphasis, place, qualification, concession, and conclusion. Seeking assistance from the writing center is recommended for any questions about using transitional words.

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Common Transitional Words and Phrases: To Show Sequence

This document provides a list of common transitional words and phrases to help writers smoothly connect paragraphs and topics within essays or other written works. Some of the transitional devices included are words to show sequence, cause and effect, comparison, contrast, addition, time, examples, generalization, emphasis, place, qualification, concession, and conclusion. Seeking assistance from the writing center is recommended for any questions about using transitional words.

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Haleema Khalid
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Common Transitional Words and Phrases

Th es e words will help you achieve a s m o o t h t r ansi tion b e t we en


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To sho w sequen ce firs t, s ec on d, t hird, t h en, af t er,


af t erward, since, bef or e, wh en,
wh en ever, un til, as so on as, a s long
a s, while, again, also, be side s, finally,
fur t h er m or e, las t, m or eo ver, nex t,
s till, t o o

To sho w cause and effect t h er efor e, t hus, con s e q u en tly, as a


resul t, for t his r easo n, so, so t h a t,
accor dingly, b ecau s e, for t his
pur p os e, henc e, t h er eup on, t o t his
en d, since

To compare similarly, likewise, in like m an ner,


also, in fac t, ac t u ally, inde ed,
c er t ainly, again, in t h e sa m e way,
on c e m or e

To contrast howev er, on t h e on e han d / o n t h e


o t h er h and, in con tr a s t, conv er s ely,
bu t, ye t, on t h e con t r ary,
nev er t h eles s, n on e t h eles s, s till,
no t wit hs t an ding, d e spi t e, s till,
al tho ug h, even t h ou gh, in spi t e of,
ins t e ad, r eg ar dles s

To sho w add ition an d, in addi tion, also, fur t her m or e,


m or eov er, be sid es, nex t, ag ain, t o o,
s e co nd, t hird, an o t h er, finally
To ind icate tim e b efor e, n ow, af t er, af t erward s,
sub s e q u en tly, lat er, earlier,
m eanwhile, in t h e m e an tim e, while,
a s long as, so far, af t er a bi t, af t er a
few days, af t er a while, a s soon a s,
a t las t , a t len g t h, a t h a t tim e,
b efor e, earlier, im m e dia t ely, in t h e
m ean tim e, in t h e pa s t, la t ely,
pr e s en tly, shor tly, simult aneou sly,
since, t h en, t her e af t er, un til, wh en

To give examples for exam ple, for ins t anc e,


s p ecifically, nam ely, t o illus tr a t e,
t h a t is, in p ar ticular, af t er all, ev en,
ind eed, in fac t, of cour s e, su ch as,
t h e following exam ple

To generalize in gener al, for t h e m o s t p ar t, a s a


g ener al rule, on t h e whole, u sually,
t ypically

To empha siz e a point ind eed, in fac t, as m a t t er of fac t,


ev en

To sho w P lace ab ov e, adjacen t t o , b elow, b eyond,


clo s er t o, elsewher e, far, far t h er on,
her e, n ear, nearby, op po si t e t o,
t h er e, t o t h e lef t, t o t h e righ t

To sho w qua lificat ion frequ en tly, of t en, u su ally, in gen er al,
occa sionally, provid ed, in ca s e,
unless, when, since, b e cau s e, for, if
To signa l con cession of co ur s e, na t ur ally, al th oug h i t is
t r u e t h a t, gran t e d t ha t , I ad mi t t ha t ,
it m ay ap p ear t ha t,
al tho ug h, t ho ugh, n o do ub t, t o b e
sur e, wher ea s, of co ur se, doub tles s,
c er t ainly

To conclude or summariz e in co nclusion, t o co nclud e, in


sum m ary, t o su m m arize, in shor t, in
o t h er word s, t h er ef or e, t hu s, in
reality, a s a r e sul t, as ha s b e en
no t e d, a s I have said, as we hav e
s e en, a s m en tioned earlier, in any
ev en t, on t h e whole, t h er ef or e

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