ENG 1121 English Composition II OL 44 (30314) Toggle navigation

SINGLE-WORD TRANSITIONALS

1. ACCORDINGLY 15. INSTEAD
2. ACTUALLY 16. LIKEWISE
3. AGAIN 17. MEANWHILE
4. ALSO 18. MOREOVER
5. BESIDES 19. NEVERTHELESS
6. CONSEQUENTLY 20. NEXT
7. ESSENTIALLY 21. NONETHELESS
8. FINALLY 22. OTHERWISE
9. FIRST (SECOND, THIRD, etc.) 23. SIMILARLY
10. FURTHERMORE 24. STILL
11. HENCE 25. SUBSEQUENTLY
12. HENCEFORTH 26. THEN
13. HOWEVER 27. THEREFORE
14. INDEED 28. THUS

WORD-GROUP TRANSITIONALS

1. AS A MATTER OF FACT 12. IN OTHER WORDS
2. AS A RESULT 13. IN SUMMARY
3. FOR EXAMPLE 14. IN THE FIRST PLACE
4. FOR INSTANCE (SECOND, etc.)
5. IN ADDITION 15. IN THE MEANTIME
6. IN ANY EVENT 16. IN THE SAME WAY
7. IN BRIEF 17. ON THE CONTRARY
8. IN CONCLUSION 18. ON THE ONE HAND
9. IN EFFECT 19. ON THE OTHER HAND
10. IN ESSENCE 20. ON THE WHOLE
11. IN FACT 21. TO BEGIN WITH
22. TO SUM UP

Remember to use periods, semicolons, and commas appropriately with the following :

1. (between two clauses joined by semicolon):

A Clockwork Orange is a thought-provoking film; however, it digressed from the novel in many ways. Here “however” starts a new clause following the semicolon.

2. (between two separate sentences)

A Clockwork Orange is an intriguing book. I feel, however, the film is even better.
(Note the use of two commas because the transitional interrupts a sentence.)

3.(between two paragraphs)

Burgess’ novel was way ahead of its time. ← (consider this the end of a paragraph)
¶ In addition, Kubrick’s depiction of a future culture saturated with sexual images was prescient. Here “in addition” starts a new sentence or new paragraph.

The ¶ shows where a new paragraph starts. You do not draw the symbol in!