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3||66 Essay Transition Phrases (old reupload)

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To continue an idea:

Furthermore
Moreover
In addition
As well as this
What's more
Additionally
Regarding this
The fact that [x] is so, shows that

To compare and contrast ideas:

In comparison
In contrast
Unlike [x], [y]...
Like with [x], [y]...
Similarly
Comparatively
In the same way
Another way of viewing this is
Yet
Still
Nevertheless
On one/the other hand
Conversely
Notwithstanding
In spite of this
However
Besides
Though/Although
On the contrary
Contrary to this

In order to list:

Firstly; Secondly; Thirdly; Finally
To begin with; In addition; In conclusion
These are the following:
These are as follows:

In order to introduce an example:

An example of this is (the fact that) (the following)
To illustrate this
This is exemplified by the fact that/to exemplify (this one seems a little bit weird, but I use it all the time in order to show an idea being strengthened within a lot of my English Literature essays)
For instance
For example
In this manner
In particular
Namely
[x] can be shown strongly/most clearly when...

To show that something causes something else:

As a result
Because of this (I wouldn't use this one in very formal writing because formal writing tends to discourage the use of 'because' and 'also' at the start of your sentences)
Consequently
Hence (this can also be used in the middle of the sentence to explain why something is the way it is)
For this reason
The consequence of this is

To repeat an idea with more/as much detail:

To repeat
That is,
In other words
To be precise
To be exact
More precisely/exactly
To reiterate

To draw conclusions:

From this, I can extrapolate (most of the time, personal pronouns are not used in very formal writing, so 'it can be extrapolated' is good if you want to sound very sophisticated)
From this, it can be inferred that...
It is clear that from [x], [y] means...
This shows the reader/audience that...
This enables us to understand the fact that...
[x] shows us that [y] feels...
From this, it is clear that...

To make an overall conclusion:

In conclusion
In short
To summarise
In summary
To conclude