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Transitions and Connectives

The document discusses eight different ways that transitions and connectives are used in writing: 1) To support or continue an idea, 2) To compare and contrast ideas, 3) To introduce details or examples, 4) To show cause and effect relationships, 5) To counter an idea, 6) To indicate order, sequence or importance, 7) To show chronological order, and 8) To conclude. Examples of connecting words and phrases are provided for each of the eight categories.

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Transitions and Connectives

The document discusses eight different ways that transitions and connectives are used in writing: 1) To support or continue an idea, 2) To compare and contrast ideas, 3) To introduce details or examples, 4) To show cause and effect relationships, 5) To counter an idea, 6) To indicate order, sequence or importance, 7) To show chronological order, and 8) To conclude. Examples of connecting words and phrases are provided for each of the eight categories.

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Transitions & Connectives

Words and phrases that connect and make logical transitions between sentences, paragraphs, and sections of a paper generally do so in at least eight different ways:
1. To support, add or continue: Besides Also Too In addition Last First Second Third Next Finally Further Another Moreover Again Similarly Furthermore Likewise In a like manner In the same way Equally important

2. To compare and contrast: Also And All are Like Both Besides But Just as Likewise Although Similar(ly) As well as The same as While In the same manner Have in common In a like manner Whether or not On the other hand As opposed to Nevertheless Unlike Compared to Contrasting Conversely Yet Instead Whereas In spite of In contrast However Even though Rather than On the contrary Despite

3. To introduce details or exemplify: For example In fact For instance In any event As evidence In support of Such as To illustrate In this case As stated in / by According to As a result In any case

4. To show cause and effect: Since Because of Due to Therefore Caused by Thus To this end As a result (of ) Hence For this reason This results in Consequently Accordingly In effect Leads to Brought about Made possible As might be expected Was responsible for If then

Updated 7-31-12

Transitions & Connectives


5. To counter: Obviously many people believe Evidently others feel Clearly, opponents maintain Surely most want Even though some people support Although citizens argue Society favors The (This) idea deserves some merit countering transitions: But Yet However In contrast Its unlikely that I question On the contrary Nevertheless

6. To indicate order, sequence or importance: First Second (etc.) Sooner or later In the first place Moreover Meanwhile Later Next At the same time Most important For one reason To begin with Finally Last of all Meanwhile Presently Lastly Of greater (est) importance

7. To show chronological order: After Finally Since At last When Earlier Next At first Until During Later As soon as Soon Formerly Meanwhile While Then Before Afterward First In the meantime Moments later At the same time In the beginning (end)

8. To conclude: As noted above In other words To be sure In short Undoubtedly Obviously In any event In any case Unquestionably Without question Without a doubt On the whole

Updated 7-31-12

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