Transition words in English language refer to those words that aid shifting from one point to another without jumble points together.
Transition words aid your reader or listener to easily digest your point without missing out.
I don’t know of other languages, but In English language, to achieve excellent paragraph-to-paragraph transition, end the previous paragraph with an outline of the next paragraph; in this situation, you are recommended to use transition phrases.
To achieve excellence sub-point-to-sub-point transition, start the new sub-point paragraph with the summary of the previous paragraph; for this, you are recommended to use transition words.
Following, we have listed mostly used English language transition words and phrases.
Contrast Ideas
Unlike; Differing from; Contrary to; Rather; Yet; Nor; Up against; However; Albeit; Withal; But; That said; While; Admittedly; Instead; Still; Yet; Although(nocomma); Though(comma); Incontrary
Contrary to; Granted that; Regardless of; Nonetheless; On the other hand; At the same time; Otherwise; Whereas; In spite of; Nevertheless; still and all; despite that; Having said that;notwithstanding;bethat asit may;Even so.
Additional Ideas
Also, Too, Plus, And, Equally, Another, Besides, In addition, Together with, Aswell as, Even more, Let alone, Likewise,Furthermore, Aswell as, Apart from this, Similarly, Couplewith , Together with, In the same fashion.
Compare ideas
Similarly; Just like; Equally; In the same way; Correspondingly; Just as; Alike; Both; Incommon; In like manner; Still another; Resemble; Either; In spitting image; Likewise; By the same token; In a similar fashion.
Clarification
In other words; To clarify; To put it clearly; To break it down; In lay term; Imean; Simply stated; To make plain; In elucidation; To rephrase; To put it another way; That is; Actually; Also know as; Other wise stated as.
Identification
Specifically; Especially; Particularly; Including.
Emphasis
In fact; Of course; Especially; Truly; Obviously; Undoubtedly; Definitely; Unquestionably; Chiefly; Surprisingly; Particularly; With attention; Surely; Certainly; Indeed; Even; Truly; More importantly.
Generalisation
As a rule; Regularly; Commonly; Usually; For the most part; Normally; Predominantly; Ingeneral/generally; Typically; Often; On the whole; General speaking; More often than not; In most case; Mostly; Broadly Speaking.
Examplification
To illustrate; To demonstrate; For instance; For example; Such as; In the same case of; To demonstrate; Illustrated by; Namely; Includes; As how hence fore..
Effect/Result
So; Thus; thereby; Due to; Hence; Forth with; Thereupon; Asaresult; For that reason; Because of that; Turnout; In turn; Therefore; Effectively; Subsequently; Consequently.
Concession
Admittedly; All thesame; Up to apoint; Even so; Inspite of; Agree.
Order
First/firstly,Second/secondly; Third/thirdly; Last/lastly; About this; Next; Later; Since; Finally; At this time; Following; Now; Once; In the first place; Prior to; Previously; Before; Subsequently; Above all; Tomorrow; Momentarily; From this point; Not long after.
Time
Previously; Nowadays; Today; Sometimes; Once; This time; During; Immediately; Next; back then; Then; Following; Soon; While; Meanwhile; Simultaneously.
Concurrent
While; Meanwhile; Simultaneously; Mean time at the same time; Concurrently.
Restatement
In other words; Otherwise stated; That Is to say; Alternatively; In simple terms; Said differently; Put differently; Reiterated; Insummation; Expressed simple; In simple language; Simplified.
Reason
Because of; By reason of; On account of; Infact; Given that; Provided that; In view of; With this intention; Seeing that; With this purpose; Owing to; Due to; So.
Spacelocation
On top; Below/Around; Amid; Underneath; To left; Surrounding; To left; Over; Adjacent; Across; At the end; At the beginning; In the middle; On bottom; Near; Rear; Nearby; Upfront.
Cause
Because; Due to; Owing to; Since ; As; For.
Summary/conclusion
In a nut shell; Recap; In sum; To put it briefly; Altogether; Afterall; Ultimately; In short; To summarize; All in All; In essence; Altogether; General speaking; By and large; As demonstrated above; In the final analysis; All thing consider; Overall; Given this; In a word; In the end; To end; Briefly; Bottom line; In conclusion.
