WritingCenter–TransitionCueWords
Cues that show addition and introduce examples:
Again
Also
Lastly
And
Incidentally
Finally
And then
Moreover
What’s more
Besides
Nor
In addition
Equally important
Too
For example
Further
Furthermore
To demonstrate
Cues that emphasize:
After all
That is
Obviously
Above all
In fact
Of course
As a matter of fact
Again
Indeed
To repeat
As I have said
As I have noted
As noted
In any case
In any event
To illustrate
In other words
Hence
First, Second, Third, etc.
Next
For instance
Unquestionably
In brief
In short
To be sure
Cues that introduce conclusions or summarize:
Hence
In brief
Therefore
On the whole
Consequently
Summing up
Thus
To conclude
As a result
In conclusion
Cues that make the reader stop and compare or contrast:
But
At the same time
And yet
Notwithstanding
Although this is true
On the contrary
On the other hand
Conversely
After all
Meanwhile
For all that
Likewise
Nevertheless
In the same manner
In comparison
In contrast
Simultaneously
While this is true
In the same way
Equally
In spite of
Cues that show cause and effect:
And so
Consequently
Accordingly
Due to
As a result
Hence
Because of
If
Cues that show time:
Immediately following
In the future
Earlier
First, Second, etc.
Previously
Immediately thereafter
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Later
At length
Subsequently
Meanwhile
Next
Once
Still
However
Yet
Nonetheless
Although
By and large
Similarly
On account of
Since
Therefore
Thus
At times
Afterwards
Before
Finally
From now on
During
Presently
Currently
Soon
Soon after
Eventually
Then
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