Transitional cues help guide readers through your text by signaling relationships between ideas, such as addition, emphasis, comparison, cause and effect, or time. Below are common transitional cues, organized by their function:
- Again
- Also
- And
- And then
- Besides
- Equally important
- First, Second, Third, etc.
- For example
- For instance
- Further
- Furthermore
- Hence
- In addition
- In brief
- In other words
- In short
- Incidentally
- Lastly
- Moreover
- Next
- Nor
- To be sure
- To demonstrate
- To illustrate
- Unquestionably
- What’s more
- Above all
- After all
- Again
- As a matter of fact
- As I have noted
- As I have said
- As noted
- In any case
- In any event
- In fact
- Indeed
- Obviously
- Of course
- That is
- To repeat
- As a result
- Consequently
- Hence
- In brief
- In conclusion
- On the whole
- Summing up
- Therefore
- Thus
- To conclude
- After all
- Although
- Although this is true
- And yet
- At the same time
- But
- By and large
- Conversely
- Equally
- For all that
- However
- In comparison
- In contrast
- In spite of
- In the same manner
- In the same way
- Likewise
- Meanwhile
- Nevertheless
- Nonetheless
- Notwithstanding
- On the contrary
- On the other hand
- Similarly
- Still
- While this is true
- Yet
- Accordingly
- And so
- As a result
- Because of
- Consequently
- Due to
- Hence
- If
- On account of
- Since
- Therefore
- Thus
- Afterwards
- At length
- At times
- Before
- Currently
- During
- Earlier
- Eventually
- Finally
- First, Second, etc.
- From now on
- Immediately following
- Immediately thereafter
- In the future
- Later
- Meanwhile
- Next
- Once
- Presently
- Previously
- Soon
- Soon after
- Subsequently
- Then
