Transitions for Informational Writing

Transitions show relationships and help your sentences and paragraphs to fit together.

TRANSITIONS TO EMPHASIZE A POINT again another key point first thing to remember for this reason frequently important to realize indeed in fact key point most compelling evidence most important information must be remembered on the negative side on the positive side point often overlooked significant that surprising surprisingly enough to emphasize to point out to repeat truly with this in mind

TRANSITIONS TO CLARIFY for example for instance in other words put another way seems clear from this simply stated stated differently that is to clarify to illustrate the point

TRANSITIONS TO ADD INFORMATION additionally again along with also and another as well besides equally important finally for example for instance further furthermore in addition likewise moreover next together with

TRANSITIONS TO CONCLUDE OR SUMMARIZE accordingly all in all as a result consequently due to finally in closing in conclusion in short in summary in the last analysis lastly logical conclusion is therefore thus to conclude

TRANSITIONS TO ENUMERATE These transitions are to be used as sets; more transitions can be added to each set as needed. first second third one important equally important most important a significant another significant of greatest significance first next last in the beginning toward the middle at the end one also in addition

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This list is from Mrs. John in the computer lab.

	Transition Word List
Compare and Contrast	Cause and Effect	Summarize and Conclude	Order or Sequence	Emphasize
as	because	after all	above	definitely
contrast	since	all in all	below	extremely
conversely	as a result	all things considered	besides	obviously
equal	owing to	briefly	in front	in fact
instead	as an effect	by and large	across	indeed
likewise	if	in any case	up	in any case
more	in a case	in any event	down	absolutely
just like	where	in brief	around	positively
larger	under the	in conclusion	at first	naturally
smaller	condition that	on the whole	previously	surprisingly
more or less		in short	now	always
in contrast		in summary	eventually	forever
in comparison		in the long run	first of all	perennially
on the contrary		to sum up	to begin with	eternally
rather		finally	in the first place	never
similarly		to summarize	at the same time	emphatically
yet		hence	for now	unquestionably
but		therefore	for the time being	without a doubt
however		thus	the next step	certainly
still		as a result	in time	undeniably
nevertheless		consequently	in turn	without
on the other hand		worst of all	later on	reservation
vice versa		most important of all	meanwhile
although		last but not least	next
notwithstanding		best of all	then
alternatively		last of all	soon
besides		ultimately	the meantime
similarly		above all	later
subsequently		lastly	prior to
moreover			proceeding
in like manner			while
additionally			earlier
as well as			simultaneously
further			afterward
in addition
also
likewise
before
more importantly
furthermore