• Transitions are phrases or words that are used to connect one idea to the next.
• Transitions are used by the author to help the reader progress from one significant idea to the next.
• Transitions also show the relationship within a paragraph (or even within a sentence) between the main idea and the support the author gives for those ideas.
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ADDITIVE TRANSITIONS: These show addition, introduction, similarity to other ideas.
Addition :
additionally • also • moreover • not to mention • in addition to • furthermore • further • and • too • either/neither • besides • not only/but also • as well as • as well • what's more • nor • or • on the other hand • alternatively • in fact • as
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Introduction :
such as • for example • for instance • like • especially • particularly • in particular • notably • including • for one thing • to illustrate • as
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Reference :
speaking about • as for • considering • concerning • regarding • the fact that • on the subject of • with regards to
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Similarity :
similarly • likewise • in the same way • in a like manner • equally
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Identification :
that is (to say) • namely • specifically • thus
Clarification
that is (to say) • in other words • I mean • to put it another way
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ADVERSATIVE TRANSITIONS: These transitions are used to signal conflict, contradiction concession, dismissal, etc.
Conflict:
but • however • in contrast • by way of contrast • yet • when in fact • while • whereas • though • still • conversely • on the other hand
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Emphasis:
even more • above all • more importantly • indeed • besides
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Concession :
but even so • however • (and) still • (and) yet nevertheless • nonetheless • although • though • even though • on the other hand • despite (this) • in spite of (this) • regardless (of this) • albeit • notwithstanding • admittedly • be that as it may • granted
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Dismissal :
either way • whichever happens • in either case • in either event • whatever happens • all the same • in any
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