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Transitional Devices

The document lists and defines 11 categories of transitional devices: 1) Consequence, 2) Sequence, 3) Addition, 4) Contrast, 5) Emphasis, 6) Concession, 7) Result, 8) Similarity, 9) Summary, 10) Time, and 11) Place or direction. Transitional devices are words or phrases that are used to link sentences or paragraphs together to improve readability and coherence. Examples are provided for each category.

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Transitional Devices

The document lists and defines 11 categories of transitional devices: 1) Consequence, 2) Sequence, 3) Addition, 4) Contrast, 5) Emphasis, 6) Concession, 7) Result, 8) Similarity, 9) Summary, 10) Time, and 11) Place or direction. Transitional devices are words or phrases that are used to link sentences or paragraphs together to improve readability and coherence. Examples are provided for each category.

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TRANSITIONAL DEVICES

1. Consequence
As a consequence As a result Consequently Because Due to For that reason Hence Thus

2. Sequence
First Second Third In the first place Initially Next Whats more

3. Addition
Additionally Also And Another Besides Moreover In addition Furthermore

4. Contrast

Conversely Although In spite of Nevertheless Nonetheless

On the contrary In contrast And yet Notwithstanding

5. Emphasis
Certainly Definitely Clearly Indeed In fact As an illustration In particular In short

6. Concession
Admittedly Without doubt Undoubtedly Conceding that

7. Result
As a result And so Thus Therefore As an outcome

8. Similarity
Also Similarly As well as In like manner In the same way

9. Summary
All in all As has been said As stated As mentioned earlier In brief In conclusion In summary Finally On the whole

10. Time
Afterward After a while Initially And then Previously Recently In the meantime In the past

11. Place or direction


Adjacent to On the other side Elsewhere Closer to To my right To the left

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