一篇过渡自然层次清晰、语言流畅婉转的文章会令人心旷神怡，这要求我们在写作的时候，无论是遣词造句或组段谋篇都要格外注意上下衔接和前后照应，简单说来，即是采用“起、承、转、合”等手法，正确合理的运用逻辑衔接词来完成句子间的衔接和段落间的过渡。我对常见的逻辑衔接词进行了总结与分类，方便大家系统的记忆，熟练的掌握它们，加以练习，写作时定能游刃有余，文章让人刮目相看。对阅读和完型等题型，这些逻辑词也是不可或缺的。

一．衔接词从作用上主要分为以下四类：起、承、转、合。

1．表示“起”的词语，用于开篇引出扩展句：

at first                                 最初

firstly                                  第一

at the very beginning                    起初

in the beginning                         起初

first of all                             首先

at present                               现在，当今

presently                                现在，此刻

now                                      现在

lately                                   最近

recently                                 最近

currently                                最近，目前

to begin with                            首先，第一

in the first place                       首先，第一

to start with                            首先，第一

for one thing…(for another)             首先…（其次）…

in general                               一般说来

generally speaking                       一般说来

on the whole                             总的说来

on the one hand…(on the other hand)     一方面…（另一方面）…

it goes without saying…                 不用说

it is said that…                        据说

a proverb goes well…                    俗话说的好

2．表示“承”的词语，用来承接上文：

at the same time                         同时

meanwhile                                同时

by this time                             此时

after a while                            过了一会

after / after that / afterwards          此后

from now on                              从此

later                                    后来

soon                                     不久

after a few days / years                 几天/几年后

also / too                               并且，又

at any rate                              无论如何

besides                                  此外

in addition                              此外

further more                             此外，而且

moreover                                 此外，而且

what’s more                             此外，而且

in addition to…                         除…之外

for another                              其次

then                                     然后

certainly                                无疑地，当然地

no doubt                                 无疑的

of course                                当然

obviously                                明显的

indeed                                   的确

consequently                             因此，结果

so                                       所以

for example                              例如

for instance                             例如

such as                                  正如

in fact                                  事实上

truly                                    事实上

in the same manner / way                 同样的

similarly                                同样的

in particular                            特别的

particularly                             特别的

still                                    仍然

second / secondly                        第二，第二点

third / thirdly                          第三，第三点

in other words                           换句话说

for this purpose                         为了这个目的

incidentally                             顺便提一句

unlike                                   不像…，和…不同