SINGLE-WORD TRANSITIONALS
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ACCORDINGLY
ACTUALLY
AGAIN
ALSO
BESIDES
CONSEQUENTLY
ESSENTIALLY
FINALLY
FIRST (SECOND, THIRD, etc.)
FURTHERMORE
HENCE
HENCEFORTH
HOWEVER
INDEED
15. INSTEAD
16. LIKEWISE
17. MEANWHILE
18. MOREOVER
19. NEVERTHELESS
20. NEXT
21. NONETHELESS
22. OTHERWISE
23. SIMILARLY
24. STILL
25. SUBSEQUENTLY
26. THEN
27. THEREFORE
28. THUS
WORD-GROUP TRANSITIONALS
1. AS A MATTER OF FACT
2. AS A RESULT
3. FOR EXAMPLE
4. FOR INSTANCE
5. IN ADDITION
6. IN ANY EVENT
7. IN BRIEF
8. IN CONCLUSION
9. IN EFFECT
10. IN ESSENCE
11. IN FACT
12. IN OTHER WORDS
13. IN SUMMARY
14. IN THE FIRST PLACE
(SECOND, etc.)
15. IN THE MEANTIME
16. IN THE SAME WAY
17. ON THE CONTRARY
18. ON THE ONE HAND
19. ON THE OTHER HAND
20. ON THE WHOLE
21. TO BEGIN WITH
22. TO SUM UP
Remember to use period, semicolons, and commas appropriately with the following :
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(between two clauses joined by semicolon) A Clockwork Orange is a thoughtprovoking film; however, it digressed from the novel too much.
“however” here starts a new clause following the semicolon.
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(between two paragraphs)
A Clockwork Orange is an intriguing book.
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¶ I feel, however, the film is even better.
(Note the use of two commas because the transitional interrupts a sentence.)
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(between two paragraphs) …Burgess’ novel was way ahead of its time.
¶ Furthermore, Kubrick’s depiction of a future culture saturated with
sexual images was prescient. “Furthermore” starts a new sentence or new
paragraph.
¶ shows where a new paragraph starts. You do not actually draw the symbol in!