7. Transitions are thought connectors
That which
Those are
These are
There are
This is
Therefore
Thereby
Whatever
Whoever
Whomever
Wherever
Whereby
8. Transition to an example
For example
To illustrate
One case involves
A good example is
As an illustration
As an example of
9. More discussion transitions
Nonetheless
Nevertheless
But
Despite
However,
Otherwise
In spite of
Regardless of
In other words
10. And make-a-point transitions
To start with
In fact
The point here
Moreover
Firstly,
First of all,
Secondly,
Second of all,
Thirdly,
Third of all,
Lastly
Last of all
11. And finally—
concluding transitions
Finally,
In conclusion,
In summary,
At last
As a final example,
To conclude
To summarize
To sum up
To end
12. Remember to use in-text citations
According to Smith (2007)…
In the Shakespeare play Othello (1622)…
Barnet et al. (2005) pointed out that …
As per the ideas found in Albert (2004)…