In the first place, pursuing this further, finally In essence, in other words, namely, that is, that is to say, in short, in brief, to put it differentlyД¬ontrast, by the same token, conversely, instead, likewise, on one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary, nevertheless, rather, similarly, yet, but, however, still, nevertheless, in contrastДЄt first, first of all, to begin with, in the first place, at the same time, for now, for the time being, the next step, in time, in turn, later on, meanwhile, next, then, soon, the meantime, later, while, earlier, simultaneously, afterward, in conclusion, with this in mind Table 10.1 вЂњTransition WordsвЂќ contains a variety of transition words that will be useful when keeping your speech moving.ДЄlso, again, as well as, besides, coupled with, following this, further, furthermore, in addition, in the same way, additionally, likewise, moreover, similarlyДЄccordingly, as a result, consequently, for this reason, for this purpose, hence, otherwise, so then, subsequently, therefore, thus, thereupon, whereforeДЄs a rule, as usual, for the most part, generally, generally speaking, ordinarily, usuallyД¬hiefly, especially, for instance, in particular, markedly, namely, particularly, including, specifically, such asДЇor example, for instance, for one thing, as an illustration, illustrated with, as an example, in this caseДЄbove all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularlyД¬omparatively, coupled with, correspondingly, identically, likewise, similar, moreover, together withДЄside from, barring, besides, except, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside of, save YouвЂ™ll notice that in each of these transition examples, the beginning phrase of the sentence indicates the conclusion of a period of time (now that, thus far). Although he was one of the most prolific writers in Great Britain prior to World War II, Winston Churchill continued to publish during the war years as well.Now that weвЂ™ve thoroughly examined how these two medications are similar to one another, we can consider the many clear differences between the two medications.Thus far weвЂ™ve examined the history and prevalence of alcohol abuse among Native Americans, but it is the impact that this abuse has on the health of Native Americans that is of the greatest concern.Now that weвЂ™ve seen the problems caused by lack of adolescent curfew laws, letвЂ™s examine how curfew laws could benefit our community.

Basically, a transition is a sentence where the speaker summarizes what was said in one point and previews what is going to be discussed in the next point.

A transition is a phrase or sentence that indicates that a speaker is moving from one main point to another main point in a speech.

Verbal signpost