USING TRANSITIONAL WORDS

Transitional words are words which are used to link ideas and create a flow between sentences.
They can be used to emphasize comparisons, illustrate cause and effect, relationships or
establish a sequence. However, they should be used sparingly or they will lose their
effectiveness.
Some commonly used transitional words are listed in the table below:
COMPARISON

CONTRAST

PREVIOUS
REFERENCE

CAUSE AND EFFECT

SEQUENCE OF TIME

CLOSING

On one hand
On the other hand
Likewise
In this instance
Similarly
Both
Also
In Addition
However
Conversely
On the other hand
In contrast
Yet
Although
As mentioned
Previously
Then
As stated before
Considering that
Consequently
If then
As a result
Because
Since
Therefore
Hence
As an effect
For this/that reason
Now
Before
Concurrently
Afterwards
Earlier
In the past
Previously
Prior to
Subsequently
Simultaneously
Then
Until now
Formerly
Later
In conclusion
Finally
In summary
To sum up
To conclude