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    Smooth Transitions: Writing

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    This document discusses transitions in writing. Transitions establish logical connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections. Transitions between paragraphs highlight the relationship between ideas by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting what will follow. Transitions within paragraphs act as cues to help readers anticipate upcoming ideas by showing how one sentence relates to the next. The document provides examples of different types of transitions that show similarity, sequence, contrast, emphasis, time, location, introduce examples, introduce more information, show cause and effect, and show conclusion. It also notes that transitions can be single words or longer phrases to make writing sound more mature.

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    This document discusses transitions in writing. Transitions establish logical connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections. Transitions between paragraphs highlight the relationship between ideas by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting what will follow. Transitions within paragraphs act as cues to help readers anticipate upcoming ideas by showing how one sentence relates to the next. The document provides examples of different types of transitions that show similarity, sequence, contrast, emphasis, time, location, introduce examples, introduce more information, show cause and effect, and show conclusion. It also notes that transitions can be single words or longer phrases to make writing sound more mature.

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    This document discusses transitions in writing. Transitions establish logical connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections. Transitions between paragraphs highlight the relationship between ideas by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting what will follow. Transitions within paragraphs act as cues to help readers anticipate upcoming ideas by showing how one sentence relates to the next. The document provides examples of different types of transitions that show similarity, sequence, contrast, emphasis, time, location, introduce examples, introduce more information, show cause and effect, and show conclusion. It also notes that transitions can be single words or longer phrases to make writing sound more mature.

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    This document discusses transitions in writing. Transitions establish logical connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections. Transitions between paragraphs highlight the relationship between ideas by summarizing the previous paragraph and suggesting what will follow. Transitions within paragraphs act as cues to help readers anticipate upcoming ideas by showing how one sentence relates to the next. The document provides examples of different types of transitions that show similarity, sequence, contrast, emphasis, time, location, introduce examples, introduce more information, show cause and effect, and show conclusion. It also notes that transitions can be single words or longer phrases to make writing sound more mature.

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    Smooth

    Writing
    Transitions
    What’s a Transition?
    Transitions are words or phrases
    that establish logical connections
    between sentences, paragraphs,
    and sections of your writing.
    What’s a Transition?
    Transitions between paragraphs:
    • Will highlight the relationship that already exists
    between two paragraphs by summarizing the
    previous paragraph and suggesting something that
    will be part of the content in the paragraph that
    follows.

    Transitions between sentences:


    • Transitions within paragraphs act as cues by helping
    readers to anticipate what is coming before they
    read it. They can show the relationship between the
    idea in one sentence and the idea in the next.
    Examples: Show Similarity

    also,
    Show similarity in the same way,
    between one idea just as …
    and the next:
    so too,
    Examples: Show Sequence

    first,
    Show a
    second,
    sequence or
    order of ideas: then,
    next,
    Examples: Show Contrast

    Show that one


    idea contrasts but,
    from another, or in contrast,
    is an different in spite of,
    from the previous on the other hand,
    statement:
    Examples: Show Emphasis

    notably,
    Show emphasis indeed,
    on an idea: in fact,
    Examples: Show Time
    after,
    afterward,
    at last,
    Show how currently,
    during,
    ideas are immediately,
    related to time: now,
    recently,
    simultaneously,
    Examples: Show Location

    above,
    adjacent,
    Show how ideas below,
    are related to beyond,
    location: in back,
    nearby,
    there,
    Examples: Introduce Examples

    for example,
    Introduce an namely,
    example: specifically,
    to illustrate,
    Examples: Introduce More Info

    additionally,
    also,
    Include additional
    besides,
    information or
    evidence: equally important,
    moreover,
    Examples: Show Cause & Effect

    as a result,
    Show how one due to,
    idea causes/ accordingly,
    effects another: consequently,
    Examples: Show Conclusion

    finally,
    in a word,
    Show conclusion in brief,
    of ideas: in the end,
    to conclude,
    One more thing:
    You can turn your transition into a
    longer phrase instead of a single word.
    Longer transitions are more advanced,
    making your writing sound more mature
    and interesting.

    Example on next slide


    Good:
    Sometimes students need to spend "extra" time doing research because
    they are not satisfied with what they have found so far in the research
    process. Also, students often feel rushed during the proofreading stage of
    their writing process.

    Better:
    Sometimes students need to spend "extra" time doing research because
    they are not satisfied with what they have found so far in the research
    process. Not only do students need "extra" time for research, they also
    feel rushed during the proofreading stage of their writing process.

    Best:
    Sometimes students need to spend "extra" time doing research because
    they are not satisfied with what they have found so far in the research
    process. Because students often have to spend more time than
    anticipated working through earlier stages of the writing process, such as
    researching, they frequently feel rushed during the proofreading stage of
    their writing process.

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