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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 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
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