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Categories of Transition Words

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∂ Addition	⊕ Add statements or continue sentences that were expressed in the preceding sentence.
∂ Alternative	⊕ Ideas are presented as alternatives or substitutes.
∂ Apposition	⊕ To establish relationships such that one statement serves to define and/or to modify the other.
∂ Cause	⊕ Express the causes and reasons of things or observed effects.
∂ Chain	⊕ Presents a series of related statements that depend or relate to each other.
∂ Clarification	⊕ Helps to restate arguments with the purpose of obtaining a better understanding.
∂ Combinations	⊕ Common combinations of transitional words.
∂ Combinations - 3 words	⊕ This category includes combined transitions composed of three words.
∂ Combinations - Adverbs	⊕ Combinations of common transitional words with common adverbs.
∂ Combinations - coordinating conjunctions	⊕ Transition words in combination with coordinating conjunctions.
∂ Common Adverbs	⊕ List of the most common adverbs.
∂ Comparison	⊕ Ideas are shown for comparison in order to express either differences or similarities.
∂ Concession	⊕ Express statements that yield or concede control.
∂ Conclusion	⊕ Aids to make conclusions from a set of previous statements.
∂ Condition	⊕ Conditions must be satisfied prior to or after the declared statements.
∂ Conflict	⊕ Helps to express relations of disagreement among statements.
∂ Continuation	⊕ Signals the reader that the argument is about to continue or to shift direction.
∂ Contrast	⊕ Ideas are compared to each other with the aim of expressing differences.
∂ Coordinating Conjunctions	⊕ To join parts of a sentence such as nouns, adjectives, prepositional phrases, and independent clause
∂ Correlative Conjunctions	⊕ List of common correlative conjunctions.
∂ Demonstrative	⊕ Indicates reference and distinction.
∂ Description	⊕ For emphasizing a transition that initiates a description or introduce an example.
∂ Diversion	⊕ For turning aside or deviating from an argument.
∂ Effect or result	⊕ Shows the effects or results of an action or sequence of actions.
∂ Emphasize	⊕ Highlights, reinforces and/or calls attention to something or someone.
∂ Evidence and Proof	⊕ Useful for discussing pieces of information that serve as evidence for proving arguments.
∂ Example	⊕ Introduces examples to illustrate previous or future facts.
∂ Exception	⊕ Links a statement that does not qualify for generalization.
∂ Generalization	⊕ Declare statements that could be applied to other statements.
∂ Idioms and Phrases	⊕ Peculiar expressions in the usage of a language.
∂ Importance	⊕ Information is presented in order of importance or for showing relative importance.
∂ Introduction	⊕ States the beginning of a new statement.
∂ Logical	⊕ Words that aid to perform inference from statements.
∂ Prepositions	⊕ Prepositions that are not listed in any of the categories.
∂ Purpose	⊕ Expresses the goal of the idea. In what follows, the statements are presented to justify the idea.
∂ Qualification	⊕ Points to attributes of statements.
∂ Quantifiers	⊕ States relations of abundance between arguments.
∂ Reference	⊕ Orients and relates a statement to another; provides the linking argument directly.
∂ Reformulation	⊕ Express that a restatesment of ideas is about to occur or that it has happened.
∂ Research Oriented	⊕ Commonly found in technical writing of scientific research reports.
∂ Reservation	⊕ Connects propositions that are limited or restricted by some statements.
∂ Resumption	⊕ Restarts a statement that was discussed previously.
∂ Reversal	⊕ Please add words in this category, thanks.
∂ Sequence and Order	⊕ Shows serial arrangement of statements or objects. Expressions for order.
∂ Similarity	⊕ Shows equality of ideas or aids in continuing similar ideas.
∂ Space - Place - Location -	⊕ Statements are connected by a spatial relationship.
∂ Summary	⊕ To express a summary of previous statements is about to happen or is happening.
∂ Time	⊕ Relations of time between facts. Past, present and future tense.
∂ Time - Combinations	⊕ Common combinations of time related transitional words.
∂ Unclassified	⊕ Add into this category words that can not be classified in any of the above.

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