Useful Transitions and Linking Expressions
Transitions which can be used to show location:
Above
Across
Against
Along
Alongside
Amid
Among
Around
Away from
Back of
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
Beyond
By
Down
In front of
Inside
Into
Near
Off
Onto
On top of
Outside
Over
Throughout
To the right
Under
Soon
Later
Afterward
Immediately
Finally
Onto
Then
Next
Transitions which can be used to show time:
About
After
At
Before
During
Amid
First
Second
Third
Prior to
Till
Below
Until
Meanwhile
Today
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Down
In the meantime
As soon as
When
Under
Transitions which can be used to compare two things:
In the same way
Likewise
As
Also
Like
Similarly
Transitions which can be used to contrast things:
But
Yet
On the other
hand
Although
Otherwise
However
Even so
In the meantime
Still
Nevertheless
On the contrary
Even though
Conversely
Counter to
As opposed
Transitions which can be used to emphasize a point:
Again
With this in mind
Indeed
In fact
For this reason
Truly
To repeat
To emphasize
Transitions which can be used to conclude or summarize:
As a result
Thus
In summary
Consequently Accordingly
Due to
To sum up
All in all
In short
Finally
In conclusion Therefore
Transitions which can be used to add information:
Again
Besides
Moreover
Together with
And
Likewise
As well
Another
Furthermore
Finally
In addition
For instance
Next
Additionally
For example
Furthermore
Also
In other words
Stated differently
Equally important
Further
Along with
Transitions which can be used to clarify:
That is
For instance
Put another way
To clarify