Transition Phrases And Words | Resign With Money

The Function And Importance Of Transitions

Your goal in writing an article is to convey information clearly, without converting the reader to your point of view. Transitions help you connect ideas within paragraphs and sections. Use transitions to guide readers through the content you present to them; in addition, transitions help readers understand what they’re supposed to do next.

Transitions can be single words, short phrases, or complete sentences, but their function is to help your readers to think about, organize, and react to ideas as they read your content.

Transitions help readers understand how to put together their ideas into logical thoughts. Transitions are not just to look good and decorate your writing; on the contrary, transitions have specific meaning for your reader to know how to react to your ideas.

How Transitions Work

When someone reads your work, their minds may be in many different places. Transitions help the reader focus on your ideas and pull them all together for a clearer picture. We can use these words to help us write a more concise sentence.

Common Transition Words

Use transitions to help you establish some of the most commonly used types of relationships between your words and phrases. And transitions words and phrases serve different purposes. I will list phrases and words under each category with the purpose.

Addition / Similarity/Agreement

in like manner	by the same token	then
not only … but also	first, second, third	again
in addition	of course	and
coupled with	furthermore	identically
equally important	comparatively	like
as a matter of fact	correspondingly	uniquely
in the first place	as well a	as
in the same fashion / way	together with	too
in the light of	moreover	also
to say nothing of	similarly	equally
not to mention	additionally	likewise

Limitation / Contradiction/Opposition

on the other hand	different from	unlike
although this may be true	rather	but
in contrast	however	or
on the contrary	although	albeit
of course …, but	otherwise	notwithstanding
in reality	nevertheless	instead
after all	(and) still	while
be that as it may	despite	besides
in spite of	(and) still	as much as
at the same time	whereas	regardless
even so / though	(and) yet	conversely
then again	even though	nonetheless
above all

Cause / Purpose/ Condition

with this intention	in as much as	in case
in the event that	in order to	… then
in view of	only / even if	whenever
in the hope that	so that	while
granted (that)	owing to	since
for the purpose of	given that	as
being / seeing that	so as to	lest
to the end that	because of	if
as / so long as	provided that	when
on (the) condition (that)	for fear that	while
with this in mind	due to	unless

Support/ Examples / Emphasis

to put it differently	with this in mind	notably
with attention to	important to realize	including
that is to say	another key point	namely
in other words	like	chiefly
as an illustration	particularly	in particular
for one thing	significantly	in fact
to put it another way	frequently	to emphasize
in this case	surprisingly	for example
for this reason	expressly	to clarify
by all means	specifically	to enumerate
first thing to remember	explicitly	to explain
point often overlooked	especially	to demonstrate
must be remembered	markedly	to repeat
to point out	such as	for instance
on the negative side	surely	in detail
on the positive side	to be sure	certainly
most compelling evidence	truly	indeed

Effect / Result/ Consequence

under those circumstances	therefore	because the
as a result	thereupon	for
in that case	henceforth	thus
for this reason	forthwith	then
in effect	accordingly	hence
consequently

Summary / Restatement/ Conclusion

after all	generally speaking	in short
in a word	in the final analysis	all in all
in either case	as has been noted	in brief
to sum up	for the most part	in fact
on the whole	as shown above	Definitely
in any event	as can be seen	Obviously
to summarize	on balance	altogether
by and large	in conclusion	ordinarily
given these points	in essence	Ultimately
in the long run	in summary	usually
all things considered	on balance	overall

Chronology / Time/ Sequence

at the present time	henceforth	after
from time to time	whenever	before
without delay	eventually	then
in the first place	meanwhile	since
in the meantime	further	till
all of a sudden	forthwith	when
up to the present time	straightaway	hence
to begin with	until now	next
in a moment	by the time	about
at this instant	now that	once
at the same time	occasionally	last
first, second	presently	later
as long as	whenever	until
sooner or later	prior to	now
in due time	instant	formerly
as soon as	in time	suddenly
immediately	during	shortly
quickly	finally

Final Thoughts

Transition words have particular rules for punctuation: after the first sentence, it is best to use a semicolon or a period. Using transition words between sentences usually calls for a comma between sentences.

Examples: My eyelashes are thick; however, they may thin a bit as I age.

Example: However (a transition word at the beginning of a sentence), Thyroid disease can also cause thinning of the eyebrows.

Another rule to follow is that if two sentences are complete, which means they each complete a thought, you can use a semicolon to connect the two.