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Chart of Transition Signals
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Sentence Connectors |
Clause Connectors |
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Coordinators |
Subordinators |
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To introduce an additional idea |
Also Too Besides Furthermore Moreover In addition |
And |
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Another (+noun) An additional (+noun) |
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To introduce an opposite idea |
On the other hand However In contrast Instead Nevertheless Nonetheless
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But Yes
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Although Though Even though Whereas While
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in spite of (+noun) despite (+noun)
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To introduce an example |
For example For instance
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An example of (+noun) Such as (+noun) e.g.# |
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To introduce a restatement or explanation |
Indeed |
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i.e. that is |
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To introduce a conclusion or summary |
In conclusion In summary To conclude To summarize |
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To clarify chronological order
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First, (second, third, fourth, etc.) Next Last # Finally First of all Meanwhile After that Since then |
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Before After While Until As soon as
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The first (+noun) The second (+noun) Before the (+noun) In the year Since the (+noun) |
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To indicate order of importance |
More important(ly), most important(ly) Above all |
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The most important (+noun) |
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To introduce an alternative |
Otherwise |
Or |
If Unless |
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To introduce a cause or reason |
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For |
Because Since As |
Because od As a rresult of As a consequence of Due to to result from the result of the effect of X on Y the consequence of |
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To introduce a comparison |
Similarly Likewise Also Too |
And |
As Just as |
like just like alike similar (to) the same as both ... and not only... but also to compare with/to |
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To introduce a concession |
However Nonetheless |
But Yet |
Although Though Even though |
Despite (+noun) In spite of (+noun) |
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To introduce strong contrast |
However In contrast In (by) comparison On the other hand On the contrary |
But |
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Different from Dissimilar Unlike To differ from To compare to To compare with
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