Transitional Phrases (XXX

Conjunctions	Summarize	Introduce a Topic	Show Purpose
and	in all	as for	in order that
but	in a word	concerning	in order to
or	in brief	with regard to	so that
for	briefly	with respect to
nor	in other words
neither	in short
so	in summary
yet	that is

Show Cause and Effect	Compare	Contrast	Explain, Give Reasons
accordingly	by comparison	conversely	actually
as a consequence	here again	however	admittedly
as a result	in the same way	instead	because
consequently	in a similar manner	in spite of that	certainly
for this reason	likewise	anyhow	for example
hence	similarly	on the contrary	in fact
it follows that	so too	on the other hand	indeed
so/ so that	as	otherwise	really
then	also	rather than	of course
therefore	equally	still	since
thus		yet	that is

Show Convictions and Conditions	Show Various Reasons	Add Information	Show Concession
after all	in this event	add to this	admittedly
at least	in these circumstances	again	after all
at the same time	under such circumstances	also	at any rate
apparently	this (that) being so	besides	granted
even so	provided that	equally	however
evidently	in spite of	further	in any case
certainly	none/ nevertheless	furthermore	in spite of
conceivably	at the same time	in addition	it is true that
conclusively	even if	moreover	nevertheless
doubtless	if	once more	obviously
no doubt	unless	then too	of course
perhaps	otherwise	too	still
possibly	although	yet again	to be sure
presumably	even though	yet another
probably	though
surely	despite
undoubtedly

Show Chronological Order	List or Show Logical Order
after that	either...or
first, second, etc.	for example
in the meanwhile	for instance
afterwards	neither...nor
formerly	in particular
when/ while/ as	whether...or
later	to illustrate
earlier	wherever...there
simultaneously	the one...the other
shortly	this...that
previously	these...those
already	more...the more
subsequently	here...there
before that	not only...but also
at last
then/ now
concurrently
at length
in the meantime
finally
by that time

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