TRANSITIONAL DEVICES: WORDS & PHRASES

Tr a ns i t io n al w or ds an d phr as e s ar e al s o k no w n as c o he siv e dev is e s. T he y s tre ng t he n wr i t in g b y i mpr ov i n g

fl ow a nd c l ari fyi ng t he r el a ti o ns h ip s be tw ee n i d ea s, s en te n ce s , a n d par agr ap hs .

TO INDICATE AGREEMENT, ADDITION, OR SIMILARITY

ad d it i on a ll y, c om p ar at iv ely in l ik e m an ner of c our s e,
ag ai n c or r e sp o nd i ng ly in t he f irs t pl a ce si mi l arly ,
al o ng w it h c ou p le d w i t h in t he l ig h t of th en
al s o eq ua l ly in t he s ame w ay to
an d eq ua l ly im po r t an t li ke t o s ay no t h in g of
as fir st , se c on d , th ir d li ke wi se , t oge t her w i th
as a m a tt er of f a c t, fur th er m or e mor eov er t oo
as we l l as id e nt i ca l ly no t o nl y . . . bu t a ls o un i qu el y
by th e s am e t oke n in a dd i t io n , no t t o m en t i on wh at i s m or e
TO INDICATE AN EXAMPLE, SHOW SU PPORT, OR EMPHASIZE
an o th er k ey po i nt im por t an t t o r ea l ize nam e ly t o c l ar ify
as an i l lu s tra t i on in fa c t , no t ab ly t o d em o ns tra t e
by a l l m ea n s in ge n er a l , on t he n eg at iv e s i de t o em p ha s ize
cer t ai n ly in o t her w or d s , on t he p o si t iv e s id e t o e nu mer a te
expr es s iv e ly in p ar ti c ul ar po i n t o ft e n ov er l oo ke d t o ex p la i n
fir st a nd f orem o st in t h is c as e si gn if i ca n tl y t o p o in t o u t
fir st t h in g t o rem em ber in c lu d in g sp ec if i c al ly , t o p u t it a no t her w ay
for ex amp l e, in d ee d su c h a s t o p u t it d iff ere n tl y
for i ns ta n ce , li k e sur e ly t o re pe a t
for o ne t hi ng m ar k e d ly sur pr is i ng ly tru ly
for t hi s r ea s on , c om p e ll i ng ev id en c e th a t is t o say wi t h a t te n ti o n t o
fr eq u en t ly it m us t be r em em ber ed t o b e sur e wi t h th is i n m i nd
TO INDICATE AN EFFECT, RESULT, OR CONSEQUENCE
ac c or di ng ly c on se q ue nt ly he n cef or t h th ere u p on
as a r es u lt for t hi s r ea s on in t ha t c as e th u s
be ca u se for th w it h th ere fo re he n ce
TO INDICATE CONTRADI CTION, OPPOSITION, O R LIMITATION
(an d) s ti l l be t ha t as i t m ay in c o nt ra st on t he o t her h an d
(an d) ye t be si d es in re al i ty or
ab ov e a l l bu t in s pi t e of o th erw i se
af ter a ll c onv er s e ly in s te ad rat he r
al be i t de sp i te nev ert h el es s reg ard le s s
al t ho ug h di ffer e nt fr om no n et he l es s th en a ga i n
al t ho ug h t hi s m ay be ev e n s o no t wi t hs t an d in g un l ike
as m u c h a s ev e n th o ug h of c our s e . . . , b u t wh ere as
at t he s ame t im e ho w ev er on t he c o n trary wh i le
 TRANSITIONAL DEVICES: WORDS & PHRASES
TO INDICATE CAUSE, CONDITION, OR PURPOSE
as / so l o ng as in or d er t o on ly / ev e n if t o t h e e n d t h at
be ca u se of in t he ev en t th a t ow i ng t o un l es s
du e to in t he h o pe t ha t prov i de d t ha t wh en
for fe ar th at in v i ew o f se ei ng / be i ng t ha t wh en ev er
for t he p urp o se of in as m u c h as si n ce wh i le
giv en t ha t le s t so a s to wi t h th is i n m i nd
gr a nt e d ( th a t) .. . t he n on ( th e) c on d it i o n ( th a t) so t ha t wi t h th is i n te n ti o n
TO INDICATE CONCLUSION, SUMMARY, OR REST ATEMENT
af ter a ll for t he m o s t p ar t in e it h er ca se on b a la nc e
al l i n a l l ge ner al ly s pe ak i n g in e ss en c e on t he w h ol e
al l t hi ng s c on s id er e d giv en t he se p o in t s in fa c t ord i nar i ly
al t og et h er in a w or d in s h ort ov er a ll
as c an b e s ee n in a ny ev e nt in s umm ary t o s um u p
as ha s be e n n o te d in br ie f in t he f in al a na ly si s t o s umm ar ize
as sh o wn a b ov e i n c o n cl u si o n in t he l o ng r u n us ua l ly
TO INDICATE TIME, CHRONOLOGY, OR SEQUENC E
af ter for m er ly la s t so o ner or l a ter
al l of a su d de n for th w it h la t er str a ig ht a way
as l on g as fr om t im e to t im e mea n wh i le su dd e nly
as s oo n as fur th er nex t th en
at t he pr es en t t im e he n ce no w ti l l
at t he s ame t im e he n cef or t h no w t ha t t o b eg i n w i th
at t h is i ns ta n t im m ed i at e ly o cc as i o na l ly un t il
bef or e in a m o m e nt on c e un t il n o w
by th e ti me in d ue t im e pre se n tly up t o th e pre se n t ti me
dur i ng in t he f ir s t pl a ce pri or t o wh en
ev e nt u al ly in t he m e a nt im e qu i ck ly wh en ev er
fi na l ly in t im e sh or t ly wh en ev er
fir st , se c on d in s ta n tly si n ce wi t ho u t de lay

TO INDICATE SPACE, LOCATION, OR PLACE

ab ov e be l ow her e a n d th ere nex t
acr o ss be ne a th in fr on t of on t h is s id e
ad ja c en t t o be si d e in t he b a ckgr o un d op p os i te t o
al o ng si d e be tw ee n in t he c e nt er of ov er
am id bey o nd in t he d is t an c e th ere
am on g do w n in t he f ore gro u nd t o t h e l ef t/ ri gh t
ar o u nd fr om in t he m id d le un der
bef or e fur th er ne ar wh ere
be h in d her e ne arby wh erev er

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