Transition words

The small words that carry a paragraph from one sentence to the next. Each job with a filled example.

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How to run this

Ban "and then" for one paragraph. They have to pick from this page. Then lift the ban.

The jobs

Seven jobs. A few words each. One filled sentence.

Adding

andalsotooas well

Lady Macbeth shames him. She also makes murder the test of manhood. When you durst do it, then you were a man

Contrasting

butyetstillinsteadalthough

Macbeth says he will wait and let luck make him king. But he cannot wait.

Cause

becausesinceso that

She says When you durst do it, then you were a man because she has made murder the test of being a man.

Result

sowhich is whythat is how

He has no good reason. So he names the fall before he jumps: Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.

Time

thenafteronceby Act 5at the start

Example

likeas intake

Guilt that will not wash off, as in Out, damned spot, out, I say!.

Concession

even thougheven sostill

Even though the witches told the truth, they never told him what to do.

Moreover. Furthermore. Additionally. Notably. They sound like an essay. They do not move the idea. Use "and", "but", "so", or nothing.