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西南大学外国语学院林文治教授《论文写作》课课堂笔记 Transitional Words How Do ILINK SENTENCES and PARAGRAPHS? 1 What are transitions and how are they used? · transitions are phrases or words that are used to con nect one idea to the next · transitions are used by the author to help the reader prog ress from one significant idea to the next 2 · transitions also show the relationship within a paragraph ( or even within a sentence) between the main idea and the support t he author gives for those ideas · different transitions do different things... Connectives may be used to: · make comparisons or contrasts · add to an idea · express a result · summarize · explain or illustrate · arrange ideas in order, time or space ADDITIVE TRANSITIONS: These show addition, introduction, similarity to other ideas, etc... Addition: additionally, also, moreover, not to mention (this), in addition (to 3 this), furthermore, further, and, too, either (neither), besides (this), not only (this) but also (that) as well, as well (as this), what is more, or, alternatively, nor, on the other hand, in fact, as a matter of fact, to tell you the truth, to say nothing of, actually, indeed, let alone, much less Introduction: such as, for example, for instance, as, like, especially, particularly, in particular, notably, including, for one thing, by way of example, as an illustration, to illustrate Reference: speaking about (this), as for (this), considering (this), concerning (this), regarding (this), on the subject of (this), with regards to (thi