OWL: Developing a professional writing style: Transitional phrases: Exemplifying or intensifying

adding/showing sequence	comparing	contrasting	exemplifying or intensify
indicating place	indicating time	repeating, summarizing, or concluding	showing cause or effect

Exemplifying or intensifying

Use the following transitional expressions to exemplify or intensify:

after all
an illustration of
even
for example
for instance
indeed
in fact
it is true
of course
specifically
that is
to illustrate
truly

Examples:

1. In Voltaire's Candide, Pangloss is optimistic. For example, when he becomes sick, he still says that "everything is for the best."

2. John Lennon claimed that Bob Dylan influenced some of his music with The Beatles. Indeed, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and "I'm A Loser" sound remarkably like Dylan's style of music.