Connecting ideas between sentences or paragraphs (transition words)/ Connectors ( Part 1)

Connecting ideas between sentences or paragraphs (transition words)/ Connectors

Transitional expressions can be used to connect ideas between sentences or paragraphs. Different categories of transition words and phrases are presented below. Words in the same category are not always interchangeable.

additionally	first, second, third, etc.	likewise
also	following this further	moreover
and	further	not only .       , but also
and then	furthermore	not to mention
as well, as well as	in addition	or
besides, besides that	indeed	then, too
equally important	in fact	too
finally	last, lastly	what is more

You can use the following words as signals that specific examples will be given:

especially	notably
for example, an example	on this occasion
for instance	particularly, in particular
in this case, in another case	specifically
in this situation	take the case of
including	to demonstrate
namely	to illustrate, as an illustration