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Transitional Words Lesson

Transitional words enhance writing by connecting ideas, making arguments more logical, and improving readability. They can be used between sentences, following periods or semicolons, and should be followed by a comma. The document provides a list of transitional words categorized by their purposes, such as adding ideas, contrasting, showing cause and effect, and more.

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Transitional Words Lesson

Transitional words enhance writing by connecting ideas, making arguments more logical, and improving readability. They can be used between sentences, following periods or semicolons, and should be followed by a comma. The document provides a list of transitional words categorized by their purposes, such as adding ideas, contrasting, showing cause and effect, and more.

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Transitional Words

Transitional words help you move from one idea to another. They make your
writing organized and easy to follow.

Transitional words can do many things.


• They connect ideas together and show the relationship between two
thoughts.
• They make your writing easier to follow and understand.
• They make your arguments more logical.

Transitional words are used between sentences. They join two ideas together
and connect thoughts. Here’s an example:

• I like pizza. However, I don’t like pepperoni.

These two sentences are connected by the


transitional word “however”.

Transitional words can follow a period or a semicolon.

• I like pizza. However, I don’t like pepperoni.


• I like pizza; however, I don’t like pepperoni.

In both cases, use a comma after the transitional word.

You can use transitional words for many purposes. The list below shows you
the most important purposes.

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Purpose Transitional Word
Most Popular Other Options
Adding New Ideas In addition, Also Moreover, additionally,
as well, afterward,
again, furthermore
Contrasting However Yet, nevertheless, in
contrast, contrastingly,
in spite of, alternatively,
although, conversely,
despite
Showing Cause and Therefore For this, as a result,
Effect accordingly,
consequently, for that
reason, thus
Comparing Likewise Similarly,
correspondingly,
Introducing Examples For example, For instance, as an
example
Concluding In conclusion, finally To summarize, in
summary, therefore, to
conclude
Showing Sequence First, second, third,
then, next, finally

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