Summary of Frequently Used Transition Words

 We have been writing essays or articles since we have been enrolled in school. We may write essays with good grammar and have much experience to write, or you may think you know the usage of many transition words. But sometimes we are still not able to use them freely and naturally and need to refer to some dictionaries. This article will give you a reference when you are confused with some transition words.

Firstly, we classify these words into many kinds according to their meaning and roles they play so that you can easily choose better words as you need. Categories are as follows:

1) Words that indicate emphasis.

When you want to emphasize something important, you can use words as follows: above all, absolutely, according as, always, as a matter of fact, by all means, certainly, definitely, eternally, even that, forever, in any case, in fact, indeed, mainly, more importantly, more specifically, naturally, never, nevertheless, obviously, of course, particularly, peculiarly, positively, specifically, surely, surprisingly.

2) Words that indicate reasons.

When you want to explain what you said or the reasons of your viewpoint, you can use words like these: because, on account of, since, for that reason, and so, as, as a result, as for, as for those, because, because of, being that, different from this, due to, for that, for the reason that, given that, hence, henceforth, in response to, in spite of, in that case, in the end, in view of, inasmuch as, now that, on account of, over all, owing to and so on.

3) Words that indicate clarification.

When you want to explain something in detail, these words may help: that is to say, to clarify, in other words, to rephrase it, to explain, to put it another way, actually, another way, especially, for instance, i.e., in other words, in particular, in this case, mainly, namely, one case that, particularly, specifically, that is, that is to say, to put it in another way, to rephrase it, up to a point.

4) Words that indicate conclusion.

If you want to summarize one paragraph or one article, you can select one of words like these:to conclude, finally, all in all, as a final paraphrase free website , as a result, at last, consequently, finally, hence, if not, if so, implies that, in conclusion, in retrospect, in that case, in the end, last but not least, lastly, otherwise, that being the case, then, therefore, thereupon, thus, ultimately, under those circumstances, whence

5) Words that indicate condition.

To add conditions to your conclusion or to support your view, you can use words as follows: as long as, as such, even if, given that, if, in case, in the event that, on condition that, on the condition that, only if, provided that, so long as, unless.

6) Words that indicate continuation.

These words represent continuation in term of time. If you want select one to express yourself: as, as far as, following this further, henceforward, hereafter, immediately thereafter, in the same way, last of all, not long after, so far, thus far, together with, up to now, with respect to.

7) Words that indicate continuation contrast.

If you want compare one thing to another to find out the advantages and disadvantages between them, you can use words like these: yet, on the contrary, but, and yet, in contrast, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding, though, nonetheless, on the other hand, otherwise, after all, at the same time.