Transition words and phrases help connect ideas between sentences and paragraphs smoothly, making text easier to read. The document provides examples of transition words for various purposes, such as providing more information, examples, causes or reasons, results or effects, purposes or reasons, comparisons or contrasts, sequences, summaries, and conclusions.

1.  Transitionwords and
phrases help make
clear connections
between ideas and see
that sentences and
paragraphs flow
together
smoothly, making
them easier to read.

2. Provide more information
Provide an example
Provide a cause or reason
Provide a result or an effect
Provide a purpose or reason
Provide a comparison or contrast
Provide a sequence
Provide a summary
Provide a conclusion

3.  Besides
 Furthermore
 In addition
 Indeed
 In fact
 Moreover
 Second
 Third

4.  For example
 For instance
 In particular
 Particularly
 Specifically
 To demonstrate
 To illustrate

5.  As
 Because
 Because of
 Due to
 For
 For the reason that
 Since

6.  Accordingly
 Finally
 Consequently
 Hence
 So
 Therefore
 Thus

7.  For fear that
 In the hope that
 In order to
 So
 So that
 With this in mind

8.  Although
 However
 In comparison
 In contrast
 Likewise
 Nevertheless
 On the other hand
 Similarly
 Whereas
 Yet

9. After
Initially


 Before
 Currently  Lastly
 During  Later
 Eventually  Meanwhile
Finally
Next

 First,...Second,..., 
etc.  Previously
 Formerly  Simultaneously
Immediately
Soon


 Subsequently

10.  Briefly
 In brief
 Overall
 Summing up
 To put it
briefly
 To sum up
 To summarize

11.  Given these
facts
 Hence
 In conclusion
 So
 Thus
 To conclude
 Therefore