Middle School Transition Words List!
Transition Words
Conjunctive adverbs and conjunctions are the two most common forms of transitions, Transition words can be categorized into the following groups:
- Illustration
- Contrast
- Clarifications
- Conclusion
- Concession
- Restatement
- Generalization
- Condition
- Reason
- Order
- Reference
- Emphasis
- Result
- Comparison / similarity
- Space / Location
Transition Words List
Emphasis
- In truth
- Last
- Coupled with
- First
- In detail
- Further
- To clarify
- Surprisingly
- Third
- To repeat
- To emphasize
- Additionally / an additional
- Clearly
- It should be noted
- Along with
- Positively
- Also
- Especially
- Moreover
- Not only…but also
- Apart from this
- Never
- Chiefly
- Importantly
- And
- Finally
- Above all
- In addition to this
- Without a doubt
- Similarily
- Absolutely
- In addition
- Unquestionably
- With attention
- Indeed
- Undoubtedly
- Truly
- Of course
- Too
- As well as
- As well as that
- Second
- Naturally
- Together with
- Furthermore
- In the same fashion
- Besides
- Obviously
- Particularly / in particular
- Even
- Definitely
- Not to mention
Order
- Above all
- About
- Tomorrow
- Third/ thirdly
- Since
- Prior to
- Second/ secondly
- Subsequently
- After
- Before
- Not long after
- Previously
- At this time
- Now
- Later
- To begin with
- Finally
- Next
- Momentarily
- First/ firstly
- Lastly and most importantly
- Last but not least
- In turn
- Eventually
- In the first place
- Once
- From this point
- Following
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Reason
- With this purpose
- With this intention
- For the purpose of
- Seeing that
- Provided that
- Owing to
- In view of
- With this in mind
- In order to
- In fact
- So that
- Because of
- Granted that
- Given that
Contrast
- Nonetheless
- Nor
- Notwithstanding
- Rather
- On the other hand
- Instead
- In opposition
- Nevertheless
- However
- In contrast (to)
- While
- Whereas
- Alternatively
- Even so
- Differing from
- Despite/in spite of
- Though
- Unlike
- Up against
- As opposed to
- Yet
- Conversely
- Contrary to
- Contrarily
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Illustration
- For example/ For instance
- As an example of
- To simplify
- To demonstrate
- Such as
- Proof of this
- Specifically
- To clarify
- For one thing
- Including
- On this occasion
- Illustrated by
- Like
- In the case of
- To demonstrate/ To clarify
- In this situation
- In this case
- In another case
- Namely
Clarification
- To put it another way
- To make plain
- To put it clearly
- To simplify
- To break it down
- I mean
- In other words
- Inlay terms
- To explain
- Simply stated
- To clearly define
- In explanation
- Simply put
- That is to say
- In simple terms
Conclusion
- Briefly
- As you can see
- As shown above
- As demonstrated above
- All things considered
- Ultimately
- Usually
- Altogether
- By and large
- To conclude
- To summarize
- To end
- On the whole
- As noted
- Given these points
- Generally speaking
- In any event
- Therefore
- Overall
- In brief
- In the final analysis
- In the end
- In summary
- In a word
- In short
- To sum up
- In essence
- In conclusion
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Condition
- Granted that
- In that case
- If
- While
- Although this may be true
- As
- Even if
- Because of
- When
- Unless
- Whenever
- Since
- Then
- Only if
- On the condition that
- Lest
- Given that
- In the event that
Similarity/Comparison
- Both
- Likewise
- Same as
- As with
- Similar to
- Just as…so too
- In contrast
- In comparison
- Like
- In the same way
- Most important
- Even though
- Just like
- Similarly
- Equally
- Resembles
- Equal
- Alike
- Still another
- Either
- In common
- By the same token
- Just as
- Compare
- Despite this
- Correspondingly
- In a similar manner
- Similarly
- As with
- In like manner
- In the spitting image of
- In the same way
- Of contrast
- Likewise
Concession
- Even so
- In spite of
- Be that as it may
- However
- Although/Even though
- Nevertheless
- Up to a point
- Regardless of this
- And yet
- Even though
- All the same
- And still
- Nonetheless
- Even if
- Albeit
- Although
- Admittedly
Restatement
- Reiterated
- Put another way
- Put differently
- Namely
- In simple terms
- In short
- In simple language
- In summation
- Said differently
- Simply put
- Simplified
- Otherwise stated
- In other words
- In a nutshell
- Expressed simply
- Alternatively stated
- That is to say
- Alternatively
- To put it differently
Reference
- Concerning
- Considering
- With respect to
- As far as
- As applied to
- In connection to
- With regards to
- The fact that
- Speaking about/of
- Regarding
- Pertaining to
- In terms
Generalization
- On the whole
- Usually
- As a rule
- Normally
- Generally speaking
- For the most part
- On the whole
- In most cases
- Predominately
- Often
- Commonly
- Typically
- Mostly
- Broadly speaking
- In general/ Generally
- More often than not
- Mainly
- Regularly
- Overall
Space/ Location
- Surrounding
- To the left
- Underneath
- Adjacent
- Across
- Opposite
- On top
- Over
- Next to
- On bottom
- Beneath
- Below
- Nearby
- Near
- Adjacent
- Around
- At the rear
Result
- As a consequence (of)
- Thus
- Accordingly
- Consequently
- As a result
- Then
- Thereupon
- Forthwith
- Therefore
- For this reason
- Hence
- Due to
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