1. Transitional Phrases: Bad Ones!

2. Too Elementary/Artificial-Sounding
First…Second…Third
(or Firstly…Secondly…Thirdly: numbers are not adverbs
As an illustration,
Obviously,
Of course,
As well (to start a sentence; ok in the middle)

3. Grammatically Incorrect Transitions
To + a verb as a transition:
To begin,
To illustrate,
To continue,
To follow,
To conclude,
To restate,
To sum up,
To wrap it up,

4. Concluding Transitions
In conclusion / in summary
In brief
In closing
In short
All in all
In result
Overall
Wrapping it all up

5. Should be used sparingly and correctly
In addition,
However,
Indeed,
Furthermore,
Ultimately,

6. So, what should writers do to transition?? Embed them!

7. Transitions between paragraphs

8. More Transitions