Transitional Words and Device TWC

Transitions for conce^inn an^ i

s Admittedly
exceDt on

Granted
Although this However Nevertheless
Once Though
In a while
To
mav be true In sp.te of Nonetheless Of
Perhaps
be sure
Certainly It is true that course Of
Regardless
True Vet
De
sP^ Maybe course, Sometimes
it is true
(hat Still
Transitions for cause and effect__________________
Accordingly Because
For thisimportant
reason
The first cause /
Another cause Consequently On account ofTherefore
(second,
effect third)
Another effect For Since Socause/effect
As a result For that reason
The most

Transitions for narration and process

At first third Meanwhile ' (second, third)
After
A: last Firstly,..
After a few hours Nearly step ,
At the same time secondly., thirdly
(days, months, Never i ; . I The next step
Before Formerly Next i i The last step
years)
Before long Frequently Now Then
After that
By this time Immediately Once ... , Thereafter
Afterwards
Earlier In the first place Previously' \ " Two hours
Almost
Eventually In the meantime Soon (days, months,
Always
Finally Later Subsequently years) later
As
First,., second.., Later on The first When/While
As soon as

Transition
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Above
Beyond
Behind
In
Below
in back of
Between
In front of

Transitio
nal
rBasically... similarly... as well Consequently
First(ly).,. second(ly)...
thirdly}.., Indeed
Generally... furthermore... In the first place...
finally pursuing this
In the first place... ai$o... further... finally In the
lastly fight of the... It is easy
In the first place... just in the to see that In this
same way... finally case... in another
case To be sure ,,
Transitions for conclusion or additionally... lastly 1
summarization Accordingly
Finally
As a result
Hence
As I have said In final analysis In final
In brief consideration In
As I have shown general In sum
In conclusion
s Reference
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Kirsmer, L.G. & Man dell, S.R. {2006).Writing first:
Practice in content [3rd ed.), Boston , fjfa: Bedford/5t.
Martin's.' ! The OWL at Purdue (2007). Transitional
devices Retrieved November 1, 2007, from

In summary
Inside
To summarire
lastly
Nearby
To sum
On the up
whole
Next to
Therefore Thus
Summing up
On
To conclude It
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Tram Won* for numo^
for thli purpose In order ili.i In order to To that cud
t So ih.it To this end
Transitions for .-lfEument or proof Despite In addition
Accordingly
Admittedly Even so In any case
Although Even [hough in conclusion
At ilns Itivol Evidently Indeed
Because For In lact
Besides For the same In light of this
But reason evidence
Certainly Furthermore In summary
Clearly, then Granted Meanwhile
Consequently However Moreover

Transitions for exemoltflcatlon. Illustration, addition or clarification

NeveftiieU*it
Therefore
Additionally For Instance f/ore importantly Specifically Honvtlicfoii
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Thus
Afialn Further Moreover Such as Obviously
To be sureO'
Also Furthermore Most importantly Take tbecajeof. , On the
cowrie
Truly t To

And then Generally One characteristic That is to sayout* hand On

Whatever the
As an illustration speaking Another characteristic The final typeIhe Qihtr
case hand
may be
Besides i.e., (that is) One example... The lirst Regardless
What's more
Besides that In addition another (second, third) ____
Strict*
Case in point In another case example category That Is
Equally In general One kind... another The last group
Important In other words kind The most
Finally In particular One way Another important
First In the same way way component
Following this In this case On this occasion The most important
further In this situation Point in fact example.,. The i
For example Like Pursuing this further next example
Transitions for emphasis or repetition
A b
b r
s i
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l f
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t I
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l d
y e
e
A d
l
w I
a n
y
f
s
a
As I
c
hove
t
noted
As I
N
have
a
said
t
As
u
has
r
been
a
noted
l
Assur
l
edly
y
Dy all
mean
N
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I v
n
Certainly
Definitely
Emphatically
Eternally
Extremely
Forever
In any case
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Nobo
dy
denie
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doubt
To
repea
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Unde
niably
Undo
ubted
ly
Unqu
estion
ably
Witho
ut a
doubt
Witho
ut
reser
vatio

Obviously
Of course
Perennially
Positively
Surely
Surprisingly
To be sure
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Alth d to Likewise On the one
oug Convers Meanwhile hand,... On
h ely Neverthele the other
Afte Despite ss hand
r all Even Nonetheles Otherwise
As though s Of Similarly
Balanced However tn course Still
against But comparison Once tn a Though
By Unlike ' Up
In contrast while On agains
comparis In the same the
on way In spite contrary
Compare of Like
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Transitions for comparison and contrast Vis avis 1

Where ' ,
Whereas
While Yet