Basic Transition Words

To connect first paragraph to second:

¨      To begin with,

¨      In the first place,

¨      Firstly,

¨      The first reason…

To connect the second paragraph to the third:

¨      Additionally,

¨      Another reason why,

¨      Secondly,

¨      Next,

¨      Pursuing this further,

¨      Also,

To connect the third paragraph to the fourth:

¨      Lastly,

¨      Yet another reason why,

¨      In the same way…

¨      Pursuing this further…

¨      One last reason why…

¨      Also,

¨      Thirdly,

To connect the body to the conclusion (fourth to fifth)

¨      In conclusion

¨      To sum it all up,

¨      To summarize,

¨      In final analysis

¨      You can see why…

¨      Finally,

¨      To wrap it all up,

¨      Therefore,