TRANSITIONS

- indicate relations, whether within a sentence, paragraph, or paper.

- phrases:
“now, having talked about my first reason / point, I’d like to discuss the second.”
“that brings us to the third and final stage.”
“we have examines\d the industrial and agricultural features. Now let’s look at the historical characteristics.”

- connectives:
- of sequence: - initial: first(ly), to start with, to begin with, in the first place, at the start, first of all, in the
beginning, initially, at first

- middle: second(ly), third(ly), then, next, after that, afterwards, following this, in the
meantime, later, meanwhile, soon, subsequently, at the same time, the next step,
later on, while, simultaneously

- final: last(ly), last of all, finally, eventually, in the end, at last, at the end
- of addition: and, also, too, as well as, in addition (to), besides, moreover, likewise, additionally, another,
similarly, on one hand ... on the other hand, another point, beyond that, equally important,
further, furthermore, what’s more, apart from, not only ... as well, both ... and, coupled with,
there is another side to the issue/question/argument of ...
- of summation/conclusion: to conclude, in conclusion, shortly, in sequence, consequently, to cut a long story
short, all in all, in all, in brief, in other words, in short, in summary, overall, to put
it briefly, to sum up, to summarize, on the whole, on balance, all things
considered, taking everything into consideration/account, with this in mind, in the
long run, in the final analysis, with this in mind
- of contrast: despite, in spite of, regardless of, nevertheless, nonetheless, however, still, although, even
though, even if, but, yet, despite the fact that, even so, in contrast (to), no matter what, on the
contrary, though, on one hand, on the other hand, regardless of the fact that, opposite to
- of comparison: also, and, as well as, both, each of, in the same way/manner, just as, like, likewise, neither,
similar(ly), the same, too, alike, equally
- of cause and consequence: because, because of, thus, therefore, hence, due to, so, so then, consequently,
wherefore, as a consequence, as a result of, for this reason, for this purpose,
subsequently, accordingly, otherwise, thereupon
- of similarity: comparatively, coupled with, correspondingly, identically, likewise, similar, moreover, together
with
- of exception: aside from, barring, besides, except, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside of
- of diversion: by the way, incidentally
- of direction: here, there, over there, beyond, nearly, opposite, under, above, to the left, to the right, in the
distance
- to explain/clarify a point: in other words, that is to say, this/which means that ...
- to exemplify: chiefly, especially, for instance, in particular, namely, particularly, including, such as, markedly,
specifically
- to illustrate: for example, for instance, for one thing, as an illustration, illustrated with, as an example, in this
case
- to generalize: as a rule, as usual, for the most part, generally, generally speaking, ordinarily, usually
- to emphasize: above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularly
- to restate: in essence, in other words, namely, that is, that is to say, in short, in brief, to put it differently