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Transition Signals

The document discusses transition signals, which are words or phrases that connect ideas and add cohesion to writing. It provides definitions of transition signals and their functions, how they are useful, how they are used through punctuation and location, and examples of their usage. It also lists common transition signals categorized by their functions.

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Transition Signals

The document discusses transition signals, which are words or phrases that connect ideas and add cohesion to writing. It provides definitions of transition signals and their functions, how they are useful, how they are used through punctuation and location, and examples of their usage. It also lists common transition signals categorized by their functions.

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TRANSITION

SIGNALS
Table of
Contents!
Definition Function

Function Comprehensive List


01
WHAT ARE
TRANSITION
SIGNALS?
What Are Transition Signals?

connect your ideas add cohesion


02
HOW ARE THEY
USEFUL?
How Are Transition Signals Useful?

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●

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03
HOW ARE THEY
USED?
Punctuation
Using Transition
Signals

Location

Frequency
Examples of Usage
However

Start

however

Middle
however

End
03
A LIST OF
TRANSITION
SIGNALS
To Add • Additionally
Another Idea
or More Info • Another
• Further
• In addition • Moreover
• Furthermore
• Besides
• Also
• It could also be said
To Introduce • Instead
An Opposite
Idea / • Whereas
Exception • Nevertheless
• Despite/in spite of this
• Alternatively • On the contrary
• However • Nonetheless
• On the other hand • Admittedly
• In contrast ª Regardless
To Indicate • Simultaneously
Time
• At this/that time
• Initially • Formerly
• Finally • Prior to (x)
• Immediately • Previously
• Finally • Before / After
• Meanwhile • Then / Later
• At this/that point
To Indicate • Finally
Sequence or
Order • Previously
• Subsequently
• First, second, third, etc. • Initially
• Followed by • Followed by
• Then • Concurrently
• Before / After • At that time
• Next
To Refer to • In this case
An Specific
Incident or • Such as
Example • Notably
• Moreover
• For example
• Specifically
• To illustrate
• Namely
• For instance
• In the case of case
To Compare To Contrast
• On the one hand • On the other hand
• Conversely • In contrast
• While • Unlike (x)
• Similarly • By/in comparison
• Similar to (x) • Differing from (x)
• In the same way • A different view is
• Correspondingly • On the contrary
To Indicate • Thus
Result or
Cause and • Hence
Effect • Accordingly
• For this reason
• As a result (of this)
• Because of this
• Consequently
• So much (so) that
• As a consequence
• Therefore
To Give An To Identify or
Example Clarify
• Take the case of • That is (to say)
• For example • Namely
• For instance • Specifically
• In this case • Thus
• To demonstrate • In other words
• At this/that point
To Summarise • In other words
or Conclude
• Thus
• Finally • In a nutshell
• In brief • Consequently
• On the whole • As a result
• Overall • In summary
• Therefore • To summarise
• In conclusion • Hence
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