WRITING – TRANSITION

In addition (to)
Furthermore Words that can be connected to ideas like a
Moreover another bridge.

Example:
His laziness caused the company to perform badly last quarter. Move over, his attitude
toward the board has put his job in Jeopardy.

 Therefore
 Thus
 Consequently
 So
 Them
 Hence
 As a result

Examples:
 I’m cold, so I will put on a coat
 Sales shrank and the competition was increasing its market share. The company
therefore decided to…

TYPES OF TRANSITION WORDS

EMPHASIS It should be noted
Undoubtedly
Indeed ADDITION
Obviously Additionally/ an additional
Particularly/ in particular Furthermore
Especially Also
Clearly Too
Importantly As well as that
Absolutely Along with
Definitely Besides
Without a doubt In addition
Never Moreover
Not only - but also Like
In addition to this To demonstrate / to clarify
Apart from this
COMPARISON
CONTRAST Similarly
Unlike Equally
Nevertheless Likewise
On the other hand Just as
Nonetheless despite/in spite of Just like
In contrast (to) Similar to
While Same as
Whereas By the same token
Alternatively In the same way
Conversely REASON
Even so Because of
Differing from In fact
In order to
ORDER Due to
First/firstly
Second/secondly CONDITION
Third/thirdly If
Finally at this time In this case
Following In case
Previously Unless
Before
Above all SUMMARY
Last but not least In conclusion
First and foremost To summarize
Altogether
RESULT In short
As a result To sum up
As a consequence (to) In summary
Therefore Briefly
Consequently To conclude
Hence
For this reason CONSESSION
Due to Admittedly
All the same
ILUSTARTION Up to a point
For example/for instance Even so
Such as In spite of
Including Although/ even though
Namely Even if
In this case However
Proof of this
GENERALISATION
As a rule
For the most past
In general/ generally
On the whole
Overall