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Transitional Words

Transitions To move from one part of writing--from one sentence to another, one paragraph to another, or even one chapter to another--a good writer uses transitional words, phrases, and even sentences and paragraphs to assure smoothness and continuity  Below, you will find a list of transitional words.  You will notice that they have been divided into groups based on usage.

Time  before, meanwhile, as soon as, then,finally, immediately,during,later,as yet,until ,tomorrow after, next, yesterday, still, first, second

Place above, to the right/left, between, near,around, beyond,at the bottom, beside, next,throughout,in the center of

Comparison/Contrast similarly, in the same way, although, also, however, but, by contrast, too,
on the other hand

Supporting and adding to for example, in addition, for instance, such as, furthermore,together with, according to, likewise, what’s more

Emphasis for this reason, in fact, likewise, thus,
equally important

Summarizing finally, in conclusion, thus, therefore, consequently, in summary, as a result
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