Organizational Patterns

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Organizational Patterns

• Using Transitions to Connect Ideas together

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What are transitions?

• Help show relationships between ideas in writing
• Establish a structure or pattern that the
  reader can follow
• Helps ideas flow from one to another

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Transition Usage

• Depending on the type of writing youre doing,
  you need different transitions for different
  purposes.
• Some purposes include
• Similarity/Contrast (double-bubble)
• Time sequence/order (flow)
• Cause and effect (multi-flow)
• Position, emphasis, relationship, additional
  information (bridge or circle)

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Examples of Transitions

• John skipped meals regularly. Therefore, he was
  always hungry.
• The transitional word Therefore helps connect
  and show the relationship between skipping
  meals and always being hungry.

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Missing Transitions

• It was an unusually cold spring. The trees were
  leafing out.
• Which transition fits best here? Remember, trees
  dont start to leaf until it gets warm.
• Most transitions that show contrast would work,
  such as however, surprisingly, in spite of.

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Misplaced Transitions

• Walt never cleaned out the inside of his car.
  Nevertheless, it smelled and looked horrible!
• This transition makes no sense. It suggests a
  contrast when no contrast is called for. Heres
  a revision
• Walt never cleaned out the inside of his car.
  Consequently, it smelled and looked horrible.

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