Writing Signal Words On the other hand 

  Nevertheless          Your idea to ____

deserves
Introductory Phrases:
In my opinion /  There is no doubt that   / I question Transitions That Add:
whether
I believe  /                 From my point of view              I and, again, and then, besides, equally important, finally,
(dis)agree with further, furthermore, nor, too, next, lastly, what's more,
It is my belief that   /  It seems to me that         / I maintain moreover, in addition, first (second, etc.),
that
Transitions That Compare:
Concluding Phrases:
For the reasons above     To sum up           In short          
whereas, but, yet, on the other hand, however,
Undoubtedly
nevertheless, on the other hand, on the contrary, by
As you can see                To be sure           In brief           
comparison, where, compared to, up against, balanced
In any event
against, vis a vis, but, although, conversely, meanwhile,
As I have noted              Without a doubt    In conclusion  
after all, in contrast, although this may be true
In any case
In other words                 In summation       Obviously       
Concluding Transitions That Prove:
On the whole                   Unquestionably    Summarizing
because, for, since, for the same reason, obviously,
Supporting Opinions: evidently, furthermore, moreover, besides, indeed, in fact,
First          Furthermore       Equally important     in addition, in any case, that is
Besides     Further
Second     In addition          In the first place       Transitions That Show Exception:
Next          Again
Third        Also                    Likewise                 Moreover  yet, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of, despite, of
Similarly course, once in a while, sometimes
Finally       Last

Transitions That Show Time:

Introducing Details:
For example     For instance     In support of this     In fact
As evidence     As noted immediately, thereafter, soon, after a few hours, finally,
then, later, previously, formerly, first (second, etc.), next,
Cause and Effect: and then
Since                 Caused by         In effect            Because
of          This results in  Transitions That Repeat:
Brought about    / Due to              / Consequently   /    
For this reason in brief, as I have said, as I have noted, as has been noted,
Accordingly       Therefore           As a result of  /  Give
rise to     /    Leads to
If……then        Was responsible for/     As might be Transitions That Emphasize:
expected
definitely, extremely, obviously, in fact, indeed, in any
Compare and Contrast: case, absolutely, positively, naturally, surprisingly,
Similarly           Likewise               As well as             always, forever, perennially, eternally, never,
Whether or not emphatically, unquestionably, without a doubt, certainly,
Compared to    In the same way    Have in common   undeniably, without reservation
Even though
In like manner  /Contrasting       /     All are    /               Transitions That Show Sequence:
Rather than
Nevertheless    On the contrary     The same as          On first, second, third, and so forth. A, B, C, and so forth.
the other hand next, then, following this, at this time, now, at this point,
Although          As opposed to      Conversely             In after, afterward, subsequently, finally, consequently,
spite of previously, before this, simultaneously, concurrently,
thus, therefore, hence, next, and then, soon
Countering:
I realize you            believe    /    I understand you    Transitions That Give an Example:
feel           /   What I doubt
Yet             /            But             Even though you    
for example, for instance, in this case, in another case, on
maintain      /  However
this occasion, in this situation, take the case of, to
Although you          favor   /       Some people          I
demonstrate, to illustrate, as an illustration, to illustrate
question      Argue
Let me explain        Support  /     It may be that you  /On
the contrary Transitions That Summarize or Conclude:
in brief, on the whole, summing up, to conclude, in
conclusion, as I have shown, as I have said, hence,
therefore, accordingly, thus, as a result, consequently, on
the whole.