Transition WordsBy Sandra Pagliughi

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Learning Goal

The purpose of writing is toClearly communicate with othersand be able to use strategies andskills toconstruct communication.

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Transition Wordslink related ideas

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and holds them together

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When writing a narrative essay Tradition Words link

together to move the story along.

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There are several different kinds of transition words

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Time TransitionsHelp the reader know the order of events in a story

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Before • Meanwhile • AfterSoon • Eventually • Immediately

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Transitional Time Phrases

At that very momentShortly after thatAlong the wayAfter all thatAn hour later

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Thought Transitionsadd clarity and voice to one’s writing

ThoughtTransitions

Also Mainly Furthermore BecauseFor example OtherwiseSuddenly

Place Transitions

Placetransitions

provide a new setting

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Place Transitions

Above • Next to • Beyond • NearbyCloser to • Elsewhere • Farther on

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CompareAnd

Contrast

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Compare and Contrast Transition Words

Tell when writerIs changingfromthinking aboutone thing to another

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Compare

AgainAlsoIn the same wayLikewiseOnce moreSimilarlyBy the way

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ContrastAlthoughButDespiteHoweverOn the otherhandYetInstead

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Example Transitions

A strategyExpositorywriters use toexplain theirwriting

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Example Transitions

For exampleTo illustrateFor instanceSpecifically

Such as

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Summary Transitions

Words that help the writer sum it all up

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Summary Transitions

As a result FinallyAll in allTo summarizeIn Conclusion

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Summary Transitions

In short • In other wordsFrom now on • To sum it all up

In other words

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Let’s Practice

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Test Your Skill!Do you want to test your knowledge?

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Create Your Own Interactive Flipbook!

Now show what you know by creating a

Flipbook!

Give Your Self a Hand!

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Sunshine State Standards

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ResourcesRead, Write, Think (2012, December 2012) Retrieved from http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flipbook/

Shutterstock. (2012, September 30). Stock Photos and Royalty-Free Images by Subscription - Shutterstock. Retrieved September 30, 2012, from http://www.shutterstock.com