Transitions: Common Clues for the Reader

To show addition:

Again, 

Moreover,

And,                

Nor,

Then,               

Too,

Besides,          

First, Second, etc.

Equally important,

Next,

Further,           

Lastly,

Furthermore,   

Finally,

Also,               

What's more,

Incidentally,

           

To show time:

 

Immediately following,

Later,  

Immediately thereafter,

Previously,

Soon,              

Formerly,

Soon after,

Eventually,

After a few hours,        

In the future,

Currently,

Afterwards,

First, Second, etc.

Subsequently,

Then,               

Next,

Finally,

Before,

During,

Meanwhile,

 

To show place:

 

In the front,                  

In the foreground,

In the back,                 

In the background,

At the side,      

Adjacent,

Nearby,                       

In the distance,

Here,               

There,

 

 

Cues that make the reader stop and compare

                                               

But,

Yet,

Notwithstanding,

And yet,

On the other hand,

On the contrary,

However,

After all,

Still,

For all that,

Nevertheless,   

Nonetheless,

In contrast,

In comparison,

At the same time,

Although,

Although this is true,

While this is true,

Conversely,

Simultaneously,

Meanwhile,

Similarly,

Likewise,

By and large,

In the same manner,

In the same way,

Cues that develop and summarize

To give examples:

 

For example,

For instance,

To demonstrate,

To illustrate,

Specifically,

As an illustration,

Namely,

 

           

To emphasize:

 

Obviously,

Undoubtedly,

In fact, 

As a matter of fact,

Indeed,

In any case,

In any event,

That is,

 

To repeat:       

 

In brief,

In short,

In summary,

As I have said,

As I have noted,

As noted earlier,

On the whole,  

As mentioned earlier,

            To concede:

 

Of course,

To be sure,

Certainly,

Naturally,

Granted,

 

To introduce as a result:

 

Therefore,

Thus,

Consequently,  

So,      

Accordingly,    

Due to this,

As a result,

 

To introduce conclusions: 

 

Hence,

In short,

Therefore,       

In brief,

Accordingly,    

In summary,

Consequently,  

In conclusion,

Thus,               

Finally,

As a result,      

On the whole,

To conclude,   

So

To summarize:           

 

In brief,

On the whole,

Summing up,    

In summary,

To conclude,   

In conclusion,

Finally,

By and large,

On the whole,