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Types of Signaling Devices and Their Functions

Transitional devices are words or phrases that link ideas between paragraphs and sentences to create smooth transitions. Some common types of transitional devices include those showing location, time, similarities, differences, emphasis, addition, clarification, concession, classification, and cause and effect. Examples of transitional devices for each type are provided such as "nearby" and "beside" for location or "before" and "after" for time. Transitional devices help develop coherent texts by smoothly connecting ideas.

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Types of Signaling Devices and Their Functions

Transitional devices are words or phrases that link ideas between paragraphs and sentences to create smooth transitions. Some common types of transitional devices include those showing location, time, similarities, differences, emphasis, addition, clarification, concession, classification, and cause and effect. Examples of transitional devices for each type are provided such as "nearby" and "beside" for location or "before" and "after" for time. Transitional devices help develop coherent texts by smoothly connecting ideas.

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Types of Signaling devices and their functions

Use appropriate transitional devices in showing location and time, comparing and contrasting,
emphasizing and conceding a point, adding and clarifying ideas, concluding, classifying, and showing
cause and effect.

Develop coherent texts through transitional devices

Use correct signal devices in various communicative tasks

Development

Paragraph and sentences may be linked together in various ways using certain words or phrases. We call
these words transitional devices, which create free-flowing transition from one idea to another. The
following transitional devices may be used:

Showing location (spatial)

Above Among Beside In Onto


Across Around Between In front of Opposite to
Adjacent to Away from Beyond Inside Outside
Against Back of By Into Over
Along Behind Down Near Throughout
Alongside Below Farther Off To the right
amidst beneath here On top of Under

Amidst a nearby forest, I saw an old house

Near the house is a stream surrounded by thick mud

Showing time (Chronological)

About Before In the meantime Prior to Tomorrow


After During Later Second Until
Afterwards Eventually Meanwhile Soon When
As soon as Finally Next Then yesterday
At First Next week Till
At this point immediately presently today

Before buggy left for vacation, he made sure that the whole house was free from dirt. First he polished
the floor after he had later in the afternoon, finally when he was already tired
Showing similarities (comparing)

Also Equally In the same way Likewise


as In a similar like similarly
fashion

Showing difference (contrasting)

Although Counter to In the meantime On the other hand


And yet Despite However Otherwise
As opposed Even so Nevertheless Still
But Even though Nonetheless The fact remains
conversely In contrast On the contrary yet

Emphasizing a point

Again In fact To emphasize Truly


For this reason indeed To repeat With this in mind

Concluding or summarizing

Accordingly Consequently In brief Inevitably Therefore


All in all Due to In conclusion On the whole Thus
As a result Finally In short since To sum up
As I have said In any event in summary
Adding ideas

Additionally again And then Finally Likewise


Along with Another Further Moreover
Also As well Furthermore Next
and Besides In addition Together with
Equally important In the same way

Clarifying or exemplifying ideas

As an example In other words Stated differently To clarify


For example In particular That is To illustrate
For instance Put in another To be specific
way

Conceding a point

Admittedly It is true that True


Assuredly Needless to say Undoubtedly
Certainly No doubt unquestionably
granted Nobody denies
Obviously
Of course
To be sure

classifying

Another kind One kind The last group The next part
Final type The first category
Showing cause and effect

Accordingly For In effect Then therefore


As a result For the same Since thus
Because reason So
consequently For this reason So that
hence

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