Transition Words

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Transition Words Phrases

• Creating Flow

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What are transition words and phrases?

• Transition words are words that can help make
  your writing more coherent.
• Transitions they also help to signal
  relationships between ideas
• They actually guide the reader in much the same
  way as road signs guide a motorist.

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Why do you need them?

• In both academic writing and personal writing,
  your goal is to convey information clearly and
  concisely.
• Transitions help you to achieve these goals by
  establishing logical connections between
  sentences, paragraphs, and sections of your
  papers.

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How do I use them?

• Transitions Between Sentences     Read these two
  sentences     John is incredibly tall. He does
  not play basketball. A relationship between the
  sentences is implied, but exactly what kind of
  relationship remains unclear until the writer
  changes the sentences. Here is one way to make
  that change     John is incredibly tall.
  However, he does not play basketball.

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How do I use them?

• Within paragraphs
• Use transitions to link ideas with the paragraph.
  
• Use only those that are necessary to make your
  ideas clear.

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Lets Take A Look

• Although he was a delinquent in many ways, his
  mother still loved him. Even though he often
  skipped school and was once arrested for breaking
  street lights, his mother kept right on loving
  him. At one time, he even stole a car. He was
  also a bully at school, and although he was
  intelligent, he still made poor grades. Even
  though his mother, of course, was worried and
  hurt, she never let him know it. He never felt
  deserted because she always stood behind him.
  Finally, he reformed. A mother's love, in this
  case, paid off.

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What do I do when I have to write an essay?

• Paragraph to Paragraph
• Use transitional expressions in essays to connect
  ideas from paragraph to paragraph.
• In effective paragraphs, writers can use
  transitional sentences in the lead sentence
  and/or in the last sentence to make clear the
  preceding or following paragraph's connection to
  the one being written.

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Categories of Transition Words/Phrases

• Emphasis Clearly, In fact...
• Example For example, for instance.
• Purpose For this purpose, With that being said
• Contrast However
• Comparison SimilarlyMuch like.
• Result As a result
• Addition FurthermoreMoreover
• Time Afterwards, At the same time
• Summary In summary, In conclusion

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Use Your Head

• It is extremely important for motorcyclists to
  wear helmets. _____________ if you crash on your
  motorcycle, chances are that
• a helmet could save your life, so it makes
• sense to wear one._____________ taxpayers often
  have to help pay the cost of treating riders with
  serious head injuries, injuries that could have
  been avoided with the use of a helmet.
  ___________ use your head!