Friday 24 April 2015

English writing: TRANSITION WORDS

From: https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html

1:

Additive Transitions

Addition:

and, so, also, moreover, furthermore, additionally, actually, in addition, what is more, as well, alternatively.

Introduction:

for example, for instance, such as, in particular, to illustrate,

Reference:

considering, regarding, as for, the fact that, with regards to,

Similarity:

similarly, likewise,

2:

Adversative Transitions

Conflict:

but, however, in contrast, conversely, still, though, yet, on the other hand, while

Emphasis:

even more, above all, indeed, more importantly,

Concession:

even so, nevertheless, admittedly, despite, although, regardless,

replacement:
rather, instead

3:

Causal Transitions


Cause/Reason:

because, due to, for, as, since

Condition:

if, even if, on the condition that, as long as, provided that, only if, in case,

Effect/Result:

as a result, consequently, hence, so that, so, as a consequence, therefore, thus, accordingly,

Purpose:

for the purpose of, with this in mind, in order that, so as to, so that, in order to, to the end that


Consequence:
then, if so, if not, otherwise,

4:

Sequential Transitions:

Numerical:
First, to begin with, at first, to start with, for a start, first of all, secondly

Continuation:
next, afterwards, previously, eventually, then, after this, before, subsequently,

Conclusion:

to conclude, in summary, finally, at last, in the end, lastly, as a final point,
all in all, overall, in short, in all, to put it briefly,

Resumption:

anyway, anyhow




English Writing - Sentence

Subject + Predicate
From: https://courses.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/ColWri_2.1x/3T2014/courseware/801692fcdc2a42ea8bec71e876225b3a/ff39b23897e74e3bb8b93dff56e32301/

Making sentence beautiful?
1: Clear
2: Concise
3: Strong verbs
4: Precise vocabulary
5: Length

How to achieve "Concise"?
1: No redundant
2: Watch out for wordy phrases
3: Make your subject clear and defined
4: Use strong verbs
5: Avoid vague words
6: Remove unnecessary modifiers

Bad examples:
1: ten p.m. (at night)
2: to combine (together)
3: What we found was a solution to the problem.
-> We solved the problem