1. USING TRANSITIONS

2. TRANSITIONS
PURPOSE

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. *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. 

6. *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.

7. *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

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

9. *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. 

10. *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.

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

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

13. 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

14. 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).

15. TRANSITIONS
Hawaii
British Virgin Islands
Philippines
Greece

16. TRANSITIONS
FORMS & FUNCTIONS

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

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

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

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

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

22. TRANSITIONS
LISTS

23. 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) 

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

25. 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 

26. 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 

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

28. 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  

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

30. 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 

31. 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:  

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

33. 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  

34. 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 

35. 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 

36. 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

37. 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  

38. 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 

39. 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 

40. 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 

41. 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

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