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Re: Examples Of Transition Words That Will Spice Up Your Writing by samlake(m): 9:50pm On Apr 12, 2019 |
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Re: Examples Of Transition Words That Will Spice Up Your Writing by samlake(m): 9:51pm On Apr 12, 2019 |
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Re: Examples Of Transition Words That Will Spice Up Your Writing by Admitwithschola: 1:03am On Apr 13, 2019 |
24hoursreporter: Transition words are important in any write-up, whether it is a social media post, article or academic writing, Transition words are necessary.
To put it differently, Transition words are to writing what spices are to food. These words spice up any write-up and make it flows better.
They sew paragraphs together and connect one idea to another in a systematic manner.
If you learn the examples of transition words outlined in this article, your writing will always be coherent. This is because you will master the art of weaving sentences together systematically.
Generally, the purpose of transition words is to help your audience to progress from one idea to the next. This will definitely help to create a coherent relationship in your write up.
A perfect understanding of transition words will help to present your thoughts in a clear and understandable manner.
Examples Of Transition Words In Sentence
To better understand the concept of transition words, check out the examples of transition words in the following sentences.
In the examples, we provided two pair of sentences – one with transition words and the other one without transition words.
Jaime had a sleepless night before her final exams. She took a cup of coffee before going to school.
Jaime had a sleepless night before her final exams. Therefore, she took a cup of coffee before going to school.
There are different types of transition words. Some express agreement, similarity, opposition, purpose etc.
Opposition/Contradiction/Limitation
These categories of transition words express opposition, contradiction, and limitation. Some of the examples are;
Of course…, but
After all,
In reality,
Above all,
After all,
Then again,
In Spite of
Even so/ though
In contrast,
Different from
On the other hand
Be that as it may
On the other hand
At the same time
Although this may be true
Regardless
Instead
Whereas
Although
Conversely
Despite
Notwithstanding
Agreement / Addition / Similarity
As well as
To
Not only but also
In the first place
Again
Moreover
Together with
And
Cause / Condition/ Purpose
Because of
Due to
To the end that
In the event that
If
In case
Provided that
Then
So long as
Given that
Unless
On the condition that
Even if
For the purpose of
So that
When
So as to
Whenever
With this in mind
Owing to
While
In the hope that
In as much as
Because of
For fear that
Conclusion/ Summary / Restatement
By and large
Afterall
Generally speaking
To sum up
In fact
As can be seen
All things considered
In the long run
As has been noted
Given these points
As shown above
For the most point
In the final analysis
In brief
In conclusion
In summary
In brief
In essence
To summarize
All together
Over all
Ordinarily
Usually
On balance
To sum up
On the whole
In any event
All in all
In either case
Obviously
Definitely
Ultimately
Time / Chronology / Sequence
In the meantime
In a moment
Sooner or later
At the present time
From time to time
To begin with
In due time
Up to the present time
As soon as
As long as
In the first place
Without delay
At this instant
All of a sudden
After
Later
Last
Until
Till
Since
Then
Before
Hence
Whence
When
Once
About
Next
Now
Whenever
Henceforth
Eventually
Meanwhile
Further
During
In time
Forthwith
Right away
Space / Location / Place
To the left/right of
In front of
In the middle of
In the distance
On this side
Here and there
In the foreground
In the background
In the center of
Here
Next
There
Where
From
Source: http://www.24hoursreporter.com/2019/04/08/examples-of-transition-words/
OP, good bless you. I hope I can steal this and add to my writing reserve? I research papers and have almost exhausted the transition words that I had, lol...Yours just added to my arsenal. Thanks. Will copy now. I can buy you coke if you want. No vex oo, you fit send me your account number make I drop 1,000 for Coke |
Re: Examples Of Transition Words That Will Spice Up Your Writing by melomelo: 2:50pm On Apr 15, 2019 |
GOOD JOB |