TRANSITION

SIGNALS
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Definition Function

Function Comprehensive List

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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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HOW ARE THEY
USED?
 Punctuation
Using Transition
Signals

Location

Frequency
 Examples of Usage
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Middle
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End
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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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