Putting the Same Idea in a Different Way In other words Rather Or Better In that case To put it (more) simply With this in mind To look at this another way Adding more to a Point Already Made Moreover Furthermore Again Further What is more In addition Besides Above all As well (as) Either Neither Not only Similarly In the same way Indeed In fact Really In reality It is found that With respect to Regarding Returning to Emphasize Your Earlier Viewpoint However Despite In spite of While___ may be true. . . Although Though After all At the same time On the other hand All the same Even if ___ is true Although ___ may have a good pointTransition Words for Argument Writing Introducing Examples Writing in Lists/Sequence Introducing an Alternative That is to say First(ly) Viewpoint In other words Second(ly) By contrast For example Third(ly) Another way of viewing this is For instance Another Namely An example of this As in the following examples Such as Including Especially Particularly In particular Notably Chiefly Mainly Mostly Yet another In addition Finally To begin with In the second place Moreover Additionally Also Next Then To conclude Lastly Finally Alternatively Again Rather One alternative is Another possibility is On the one hand On the other hand In comparison On the contrary In fact Though AlthoughUsing Transitional Words in an Arqumentative Essay ‘The purpose of the argumentative mode, sometimes called the persuasive mode, is to change the way a reader thinks or behaves. A writer achieves this purpose by convincing a reader of the truth and logic in a particular argument he or she is presenting in the essay. In order to be convincing, a writer should address more than one side of the argument in the essay. The writer will agree with one side, and will refute, or use information to argue against, another sic In an argumentative essay, a reader might come across some of the following uses of transitional words and phrases. On the other hand ‘According to (Author, Source), ” In fact : (Citation). + Furthermore Although Most convincingly The writer must remember to order his or her details appropriately and help the reader follow the order by including transitional words and phrases. These words and phrases will appear not only at the beginning of each new paragraph, but also within the paragraph, between ideas and before source information Mustration: Thus, for example, for instance, namely, to illustrate, in other words, in particular, specifically, such as. Contrast: ‘On the contrary, contrarily, notwithstanding, but, however, nevertheless, in spite of, in contrast, yet, on one hand, on the other hand, rather, of, nor, conversely, at the same time, while this may be true. Additior ‘And, in addition to, furthermore, moreover, besides, than, too, also, both-and, another, ‘equally important, first, second, etc., again, further, last, finally, not only-but also, as well as, in the second place, next, likewise, similarly, in fact, as a result, consequently, in the ‘same way, for example, for instance, however, thus, therefore, otherwise. Examples: For example, for instance, to illustrate, thus, in other words, as an illustration, in particular. Consequence or Result: So that, with the result that, thus, consequently, hence, accordingly, for this reason, therefore, so, because, since, due to, as a result, in other words, then. ‘Summary: Therefore, finally, consequently, thus, in short, in conclusion, in brief, as a result, accordingly. ‘Suggestion: For this purpose, to this end, with this in mind, wih this purpose in mind, therefore