Useful Transitions To Generalize as usual, for the most part, in general, as a rule of thumb, generally speaking, ordinarily<
To Summarize all in all, after all, at last, to sum up, all in all, finally, on balance, by and large, in the long run, on the whole, in summary, in the final analysis, briefly, all things considered, in any event, in conclusion, ultimately
To Show Consequences as a result, consequently, thus, therefore, (and) for this reason, not surprisingly, inevitably
To Show Exception except, excepting, besides, aside from, barring, save for, exclusive of, outside of
To Show Contrast and Comparison by contrast, by comparison, instead, on the one hand, likewise, on the other hand, nevertheless, yet, but, still, even so, rather, on the contrary, conversely
To Show Similarity likewise, similarly, in a similar sense, comparatively, comparatively speaking, identically, together with, correspondingly, moreover, coupled with
To Indicate Sequence to begin with, in time, in turn, for the time being, soon, earlier, in the meantime, later on, the next step, meanwhile, simultaneously, afterward, next, then, (and) finally, at the outset
To Add On furthermore, in addition, moreover, in a similar vein, also, once again, likewise we find
To Exemplify or Illustrate for instance, for example, in particular, namely, specifically, such as, as in the case of, chiefly, especially, in every case, as an example, in such cases (we find, we see, we observe)
To Emphasize especially, in particular, particularly, above all, ultimately, strikingly, astonishingly
To Show Direction here, there, over there, beyond, nearly, opposite, under, above, to the left, to the right, in the distance
To Reiterate in other words, putting the matter differently, put another way, that is, that is to say, namely (as we’ve observed), briefly, in brief, in short