Transitions+for+Compare+Contrast+Essay

Mrs. Trudy A. Miller**
 * AP English

The use of transitional phrases is an integral ingredient in your compare/contrast essay. Using transitional phrases improves the coherency of your paragraphs and makes the contrasts stand out. In addition, they draw attention to the writer's movement back and forth from one subject to the other, emphasizing either similarities or differences. Hence, transitions help the reader to grasp your logic and follow your argument easily.
 * Using Transition Signals in the Compare/Contrast Essay: Why They Matter!**


 * Listed below are a number of useful transition words and phrases:**

In contrast However Yet On the other hand On the contrary Although Otherwise Conversely As opposed to Unlike Nevertheless Still Despite In spite of Instead While Even though Whereas Rather
 * To show contrast/difference/ apparent contradiction:**

Also Like Likewise Similar to Similarly By the same token Just as…sotoo The same is true of Indeed In comparison In addition Furthermore Moreover Not only…but also
 * To show similarity:**

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