Adding in Transition Words to our Body Paragraphs

What is a transition word? It is a word that links together two or more ideas in a paragraph. It helps make your writing flow better within a paragraph Examples: First, next, also, for example, in addition to

Where do you need transition words? At the beginning of each body paragraph Throughout each body paragraph At the beginning of your conclusion paragraph

How do you punctuate transition words? You put a comma after them Example: First,

Example Body Paragraph Before Transition Words: First, uniforms are boring and dull. You have to wear a uniform every day. You have to wear the same color every day. This gets boring. The colors might seem ugly to you or your friends. I personally don’t like having to wear the color blue. I don’t look good in it. Everyone looks the same. No one wants to look like someone else. Everyone wants to show their own style. This is why uniforms are boring.

After Transition Words are Added: First, uniforms are boring and dull. For example, you have to wear a uniform every day. Also, you have to wear the same color every day. This gets boring. Besides having to wear the same thing every day,the colors might seem ugly to you or your friends. I personally don’t like having to wear the color blue. I don’t look good in it. Finally, everyone looks the same. No one wants to look like someone else. Everyone wants to show their own style. This is why uniforms are boring.