Transitions

To signal sequence Again Furthermore Also Last And Moreover And then Next Besides Still Finally too First… second… third

To signal time After a few days Immediately Since After a while In the meantime So far Afterward In the past Soon As long as Lately Then As soon as Later Thereafter At last Meanwhile Until At that time Now when Before Presently Earlier Simultaneously

To signal comparison Again Also In the say way Likewise Once more Similarly

To signal contrast Although In spite of On the other hand But Instead Regardless Despite Nevertheless Still Even though Nonetheless Though However On the contrary yet In contrast On the one hand

To signal examples After all Of course Even Specifically For example Such as For instance The following example Indeed To illustrate In fact

To signal cause and effect Accordingly So As a result Then Because Therefore Consequently Thus For this purpose To this end Hence

To signal place Above farther on adjacent to here below near beyond nearby closer to opposite to elsewhere there to the left far to the right

To signal concession Although it is true that Granted that I admit that It may appear that Naturally Of course

To signal summary, repetition, or conclusion As a result In conclusion As had been noted In other words As I have said In short on the whole As mentioned earlier Therefore As we have seen To summarize In any event

Source Lunsford, Andrea A. The St. Martin’s Handbook. Print.