Transitional Words

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Transitional Words Phrases
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Transitional Words

• Special words help show how ideas are related.
• They tie one idea to another
• They tie one sentence to another
• They tie one paragraph to another

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Addition

• Also
• Besides
• Furthermore
• In addition
• Moreover
• Again

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Addition

• For todays assignment, you will need your
  journal in addition to the calendar on your
  computer.
• For todays assignment, you will need the
  calendar on your computer. In addition, your
  journal will provide further instructions.

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Consequence

• Accordingly
• As a result
• Consequently
• Hence
• Otherwise
• So then
• Therefore
• Thus
• Thereupon

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Consequence

• She was preparing to clean the desk, and
  subsequently realized she had no soap.
• She was cleaning the desk with a strong cleaner.
  As a result, she burned her hands with the
  chemicals.

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Summarizing

• After all In brief
• All in all In short
• To summarize Finally
• Briefly On the whole
• By and large In summary
• In any case In conclusion
• In any event To sum up
• In the final analysis In the long run
• All things considered On balance

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Summarizing

• The song has interesting lyrics and a great beat.
  On the whole, I would recommend it to everyone.

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Generalizing

• As a rule
• As usual
• For the most part
• Generally speaking
• Ordinarily
• Usually
• Generally

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Generalizing

• Ordinarily, a 4x4 relay race involves four people
  and a baton.
• Even though I only work 8 months out of the year,
  as a rule I vacation every summer.

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Restatement

• In essence
• In other words
• Namely
• That is
• That is to say
• In short
• In brief
• To put it differently

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Restatement

• Good parties require good organization. In other
  words, we needed different committees to oversee
  different activities.
• She likes athletic boys to put it differently,
  she likes basketball players.

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Contrast and Comparison

• Contrast Rather
• By the same token Conversely
• Similiarly Yet
• Instead But
• Likewise However
• On one hand Still
• On the other hand Nevertheless
• On the contrary In contrast

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Contrast and Comparison

• Shelia forgot the food for the party. On the
  other hand, she hired a great speaker that
  entertained the crowd for hours.

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Sequence

• At first In time
• First of all In turn
• To begin with Later on
• In the first place Meanwhile
• At the same time Next
• For now Then
• For the time being Soon
• The next step The meantime
• Later While
• Earlier Simultaneously
• Afterward In conclusion

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Sequence

• To begin with, the snowy weather prevented many
  people from attending the party.
• I will be cooking the food and simultaneously
  cleaning the kitchen.

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Illustration

• For example
• For instance
• For one thing

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Illustration

• The girls were discussing the color of Susies
  prom dress. For one thing, it was too bright.
• For instance, I do not like seafood.

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Similarity

• Likewise
• Similar
• Moreover
• Together
• Coupled with
• Correspondingly

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Similarity

• Snow days extended this weeks lesson.
  Correspondingly, students had more time to finish
  their homework.

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Direction

• Here Above
• There To the left
• Over there To the right
• Beyond In the distance
• Nearly
• Opposite
• Under

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Direction

• To the left, there were many people waiting for
  John Cenas arrival.
• The crowd grew impatient waiting for Larry
  Fitzgeralds arrival, while in the distance they
  didnt see him coming.