Using Supporting Details and Transitions
The following list includes useful transitional words and phrases:
| For Supporting Sentences | |||||
| above all | but | for instance | in particular | moreover | subsequently |
| also | conversely | furthermore | later on | nevertheless | therefore |
| aside from | correspondingly | however | likewise | on one hand | to begin with |
| at the same time | for example | in addition | meanwhile | on the contrary | |
| For Concluding Sentences | |||||
| after all | all things considered | in brief | in summary | on the whole | to sum up |
| all in all | finally | in conclusion | on balance | thus |
See it in Practice
In this video cast, our student writer takes a look at one of her paragraphs she has drafted for her essay. She discusses the transitions and transitional words she uses in her paragraph to help connect her ideas within the paragraph and to make a transition to the next paragraph in her essay.
Sources:
“See it in Practice.” By Excelsior Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from: https://owl.excelsior.edu/writing-process/paragraphing/paragraphing-see-it-in-practice/ Licensed under: CC-BY
“5.3 Organizing an Essay.” By Elizabeth Burrows, Angela Fowler, Heath Fowler, and Amy Locklear. Retrieved from: https://composingourselvesandourworld.pressbooks.com/chapter/5-3-organizing-an-essay/ Licensed under: CC-BY
