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What are transitions and how are they used? Transition words and phrases help make clear connections between ideas and see that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read.TRANSCRIPT
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Ah, Those Transitions
Connecting Ideas
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What are transitions and how are they used? Transition words and
phrases help make clear connections between ideas and see that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read.
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Transition words: Provide more information Provide an example Provide a cause or reason Provide a result or an effect Provide a purpose or reason Provide a comparison or contrast Provide a sequence Provide a summary Provide a conclusion
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Transition words that provide more information Besides Furthermore In addition Indeed In fact Moreover Second Third
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Transition words that provide an example For exampleFor instanceIn particularParticularlySpecificallyTo demonstrateTo illustrate
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Transition words that provide a cause or reasonAsBecauseBecause of Due toFor For the reason thatSince
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Transition words that provide a result or an effectAccordinglyFinallyConsequentlyHenceSo ThereforeThus
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Transition words that provide a purpose or reason For fear thatIn the hope thatIn order toSoSo thatWith this in mind
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Transition words that provide a comparison or contrast
Although However In comparison In contrast Likewise Nevertheless On the other hand Similarly Whereas Yet
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Transition words that provide a sequence
After Before Currently During Eventually Finally First,...Second,..., etc. Formerly Immediately
Initially Lastly Later Meanwhile Next Previously Simultaneously Soon Subsequently
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Transition words that provide a summaryBrieflyIn briefOverallSumming upTo put it brieflyTo sum upTo summarize
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Transition words that provide a conclusionGiven these factsHenceIn conclusionSoThusTo concludeTherefore
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Ready for a Quiz ?How much do you know about
using transition words? Take
the Quiz and find out.
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I love to write essays for school. _____________, I really enjoy receiving large amounts of homework from my teachers.
Nevertheless In fact Due to
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__________ working as the president of the United States, George Bush loves to ride horses.
Eventually Likewise In addition to
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_________ I do enjoy cooking as a hobby, I will not prepare all the food for your party.
On the other handAlthoughTo put it briefly
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____________I promised to go to school today, I stayed home to watch television.
CurrentlyIndeedAlthough
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___________ Jack's going up the hill to fetch a pail of water, he returned home with an empty bucket.
MeanwhileWith this in mindWhereas
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_______ to make my writing very clear, I will learn how to use transitional words.
PreviouslyThereforeFor fear that
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_________ people believed the earth was flat.
With this in mind EventuallyIn hopes that
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Things were pretty dull. _______ the families of our neighborhood were excited about the people who moved into the Blake’s house.
To put it brieflySinceConsequently
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_________ they learned their the new student was from California.
EventuallyOverallTo demonstrate
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Polls show that the Beatles are the most popular singing group of this century. ________________ ,there are country music fans who would disagree.
In particular However For instance
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There are some slight variations in climate, but ________________ mild winters can be expected in the South.
consequently otherwise as a rule
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The two larger cities, ________________ Knoxville and Chattanooga, are in East Tennessee.
finally namelyin summary
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It was announced that teachers' working hours would be longer than other professions. ______________ , even fewer new teachers are expected to join the profession.
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As a result So that Likewise
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Sales of cassettes have dropped over the past 12 months. _____________ , CDs have seen an increase in sales.
Above all Correspondingly In contrast
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NeverthelessIn other words Similarly
The mayor explained that tax collection was down, it would be necessary to freeze salaries at their current level. ______________ , no-one was getting a pay rise.
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FurthermoreIn comparison With reference to
It is clear, therefore, that Robert’s grades in English will improve only slowly due to his hard work. ______________ the problems he is experiencing in algebra, the outlook is slightly less optimistic.
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as well as in addition in the same way
In order to try to reduce car use in the inner cities, the government has announced new restrictions and, ______________ , a new tax on individual car use.
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obviously otherwise as a result
Homework must be handed in by the deadline, ______________ they will not be graded.
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Nevertheless Because Even though
______________ it has been shown that many accidents occur on motorcycles, the use of helmets should be required.
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