USING TRANSITIONS

TRANSITIONS PURPOSE

TRANSITIONS *Coherence* In the end, you want your essay to be a unified whole a strong link chain, if you will.  The technical term for this chain effect is COHERENCE.

TRANSITIONS *Coherence* Coherence points to not only the logical flow of ideas but also the inter-connectedness of ideas.  In other words, how the ideas relate to each other.  This is where TRANSITIONS come in:  they help build coherence.

*No sentence is an island* TRANSITIONS *No sentence is an island* Poor Writing = Poor Writing is characterized by – a lack of coherence incoherence, disjointedness, rambling short, choppy, unrelated sentences. 

*No sentence is an island* TRANSITIONS *No sentence is an island* Poor Writing = The writer has not demonstrated any relationships between ideas:  Each desert-island-sentence floats alone in the ocean-paragraph with no bridge connecting them.  Consequently, just like someone stranded on an island, the idea soon shrivels and dies.

*Transitions are bridges* Transitions are the BRIDGES between sentences they connect ideas they show how ideas are related to each other and they build a unified paragraph

*Transitions are bridges* Some of the relationships they show include example/illustration cause or effect comparison or contrast emphasis sequence and summary.   

*From Paragraph to Paragraph* TRANSITIONS *From Paragraph to Paragraph* Once each paragraph becomes a cohesive whole coherent connected logically Then we use transitions to connect coherent paragraphs to each other, too. 

*From Paragraph to Paragraph* TRANSITIONS 10 *From Paragraph to Paragraph* In order to build a larger point, we can employ transitions between paragraphs to reference contrast or continue a previous idea.

TRANSITIONS *The Whole Essay* Thus, the final essay represents a series of associations of relationships of links of bridges between ideas. 

TRANSITIONS *The Whole Essay* Because of this interconnectedness, the writer's thesis is logical sound and coherent... Brooklyn, NY

TRANSITIONS *The Whole Essay* 13 *The Whole Essay* …and the reader can easily follow the course of the argument, “crossing” from one point to another. Portland, OR

To carry this metaphor to its conclusion TRANSITIONS To carry this metaphor to its conclusion  Transitions provide the valuable infrastructure necessary for a reader to travel uninterruptedly between each of the island-states, and the final unified essay created with them has become like a centralized form of government uniting a group of island-states under one flag (title).

TRANSITIONS Hawaii British Virgin Islands Philippines Greece

TRANSITIONS FORMS & FUNCTIONS

TRANSITIONS Transitions provide links between the following: SENTENCES:  Also, the temperature of the oven must be set on high to achieve this goal.

TRANSITIONS Transitions provide links between the following: PARAGRAPHS:  Another reason I dislike Mondays involves highway traffic.

TRANSITIONS Transitions provide links between the following: SECTIONS: As noted in the previous chapter, the theme of equivocation dominates Shakespeare's Macbeth.

TRANSITIONS Transitions often come in the following forms: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:  since, because, if, when, although COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS:  and, but, yet, or, nor, for, so

TRANSITIONS Transitions often come in the following forms: PREPOSITIONS:  after, during, behind, beyond, during ADVERBS:  once, never, always, frequently

TRANSITIONS LISTS

TRANSITIONS: Lists ADDITION additionally, in addition, and, again, and then, also, besides, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, nor, too, next, lastly, what’s more, moreover, then, first/second (-ly) 

TRANSITIONS: Lists ALTERNATIVE SIMILARITY alternatively, similarly, correspondingly, in the same way  SIMILARITY similarly, also, in the same way, just as, so too, likewise, equally

TRANSITIONS: Lists COMPARISON by/in comparison, similarly, in the same way, in like manner, likewise, by the same token, in a similar fashion, in relation to, in respect of, with reference to, with regard to, a propos, vis-à-vis 

TRANSITIONS: Lists CONTRAST in contrast, by contrast, conversely, on the other hand, on the contrary, but, however, although, though, otherwise, at the same time, notwithstanding, nevertheless, nonetheless, whereas, but, yet, besides, versus, while, instead 

TRANSITIONS: Lists CAUSE EFFECT because, since, on account of, for that reason  EFFECT therefore, consequently, accordingly, thus, hence, as a result 

TRANSITIONS: Lists CLARIFICATION CONCESSION that is, that is to say, in other words, to explain, to clarify, to put it another way, to rephrase it CONCESSION to be sure, granted, of course, still, yet, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, however much, even though  

TRANSITIONS: Lists DEDUCTION then, in other words, in that case, otherwise, this implies, if not, if so, thus 

TRANSITIONS: Lists EMPHASIS-INTENSIFICATION even, indeed, in fact, in truth, truly, definitely, emphatically, unquestionably, undeniably, of course, obviously, without reservation, without a doubt, undoubtedly, certainly, by all means, never, always, perennially, eternally 

TRANSITIONS: Lists EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION for example, for instance, to illustrate, to demonstrate, namely, specifically, take the case of, in this case, on this occasion, in this situation, as follows: the following:  

TRANSITIONS: Lists EXCEPTION but, yet, still, however, in spite of, despite, nonetheless, nevertheless, sometimes  

TRANSITIONS: Lists PURPOSE QUALIFICATION to that end, to this end, for this purpose, for that reason, so that, in order that, intentionally QUALIFICATION may, might, almost, nearly, very, truly, indeed, probably, possibly, conceivably, perchance, maybe, perhaps, always, never, frequently, occasionally, although  

TRANSITIONS: Lists GENERALIZATION generally speaking, generally, in general, on the whole, as a rule, for the most part, in most cases, usually, typically, characteristically, naturally, normally, on average, predictably, habitually, by and large, more often than not 

TRANSITIONS: Lists NEW POINT (to a) with regard to, with reference to, as for, in terms of, now, as far as – is concerned, it follows that, turning to 

TRANSITIONS: Lists PROOF because, for (that means “because”), as, for that reason, since, therefore, thus, hence, evidently, obviously, furthermore, moreover, besides, indeed, in fact, in addition, in view of the fact, while, seeing as

TRANSITIONS: Lists OBVIOUSNESS PLACE/POSITION obviously, clearly, naturally, of course, surely, after all, as expected PLACE/POSITION above, across, adjacent, after, behind, below, beyond, in front of, here, there, next, next to, near, nearby  

TRANSITIONS: Lists SEQUENCE/ORDER first, second, next, then, finally, after, afterwards, following, at this time, at this point, this time, simultaneously, concurrently, soon,  subsequently, while, meanwhile, when, during, immediately, later, earlier, sometimes, always, never, whenever, now, until now, once 

TRANSITIONS: Lists TIME first, second, next, then, finally, after, afterwards, following, at this time, at this point, this time, simultaneously, concurrently, soon,  subsequently, while, meanwhile, when, during, immediately, later, thereafter, earlier, sometimes, always, never, whenever, now, until now, once, previously 

TRANSITIONS: Lists REPETITION in other words, as I have noted, as has been noted, as noted above, as I have said, in summary, to summarize, in brief, rather, to put it more simply 

TRANSITIONS: Lists SUMMARY finally, lastly, thus, hence, therefore, in conclusion, to summarize, in sum, in summary, in brief, in short, in a word, in the final analysis, on the whole, overall, that is to say, summing up, as accordingly, as I have said/proven/shown, as a result, consequently

SUMMATION *TRANSITIONS* Build coherence Link ideas Show relationship between ideas “bridges” “links in a chain”