COMMONLY USED TRANSITION WORDS AND PHRASES

Indicating more information:

additionally, again, also, and, and then, besides, finally, first...second...third, furthermore, in addition, indeed, last, moreover, next, still, too

Comparison:

again, also, in the same way, likewise, once more, similarly

Contrast:

although, but, despite, even though, however, in contrast, in spite of, instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, on the one hand...on the other hand, regardless, still, though, whereas, yet

Examples:

after all, even, for example, for instance, indeed, in fact, in particular, of course, particularly, specifically, such as, the following example, to illustrate

Cause and Effect:

accordingly, as a result, because, consequently, due to, for this purpose, hence, in the hope that, in order to, since, so, then, therefore, thereupon, thus, to this end

Time:

after a bit, after a few days, after a while, afterward, as long as, as soon as, at last, at length, at that time, before, currently, during, earlier, immediately, initially, in the meantime, in the past, lately, later, meanwhile, now, presently, previously, shortly, simultaneously, since, so far, soon, then, thereafter, until, when

Place:

above, adjacent to, below, beyond, closer to, elsewhere, far, farther on, here, near, nearby, opposite to, there, to the left, to the right

Concession:

although it is true that, granted that, I admit that, it may appear that, naturally, of course

Summary, Repetition, or Conclusion:

all in all, as a result, as has been noted, as I have said, as we have seen, as mentioned earlier, given these facts, given the evidence, hence, in any event, in conclusion, in other words, in short, in summary, finally, lastly, on the whole, therefore, to put it briefly, to summarize

COMMONLY USED GREEK AND LATIN WORD ELEMENTS

aer, aero	air, atmosphere	hydr	water	penta	five
able, ible	ability	hyper	over, above	philo	love
anthro	human	hypo	under, below	phobia	fear
anti	opposite	-ic	like, pertaining to	phono	sound, voice
auto	self	im- , in- , il-	not	photo	light
bene	good	inter	between	polis	city, state
bi	two	-ist, -er, -or, -ar one who		poly	many
biblio	book	is, iso	same, equal	port	to carry, door
bio	life	-ize	to cause to be	post	after
centri (tro)	center	-less	without	pyro	fire
chrom	color	kinesis, kinetic	motion, movement	quad	four
chrono	time	macro	large	radi	from the center
cogni	know	mal	poor, inadequate	re-	again
com, con	with, together	mania	extreme enthusiasm for	semi	partially
contra	against	mare, marine	sea, of the sea	sol	alone
cosm	universe, order	mater (ern)	mother	soph	wise, wisdom
cycle	circle	medi	middle	sphere (ro)	ball shaped
deci	ten	meter	measure	sub	under, below
dent	tooth	micro	small	super	above, over
derm	skin	mis	bad, wrong	syn	together, inited
dict	to say	mobile	movement	tech	art, skill, craft
dogma	opinion, teaching	mono	one	tele	far away, distant
e-, ex-	out, without	morph	form, shape	terra	earth
-ee	one who gets or does	non	not, without	theo	god
epi	over, above	octa	eight	therm	heat
fer	to bear, to carry	ology	study of	trans	across, through
ge , geo	earth	omni	all	tri	three
gen	birth, race, kind	onym	name	un	not, opposite of
graph	to write	pan	all	uni	one
hemi	half, part	para	near, beyond	urb	city
hemo	blood	path	one who suffers, feels	ver	true
hydro	water	pedi	foot	zoo	animal

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