TRANSITIONS 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.
TRANSITIONS - *No sentence is an island*
- Poor Writing =
- Poor Writing is characterized by –
- a lack of coherence
- incoherence, disjointedness, rambling
- short, choppy, unrelated sentences.
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 - *Transitions are bridges*
- Transitions are the BRIDGES between sentences
TRANSITIONS - *Transitions are bridges*
- Some of the relationships they show include
- example/illustration
- cause or effect
- comparison or contrast
- emphasis
- sequence
- and summary.
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.
TRANSITIONS - *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...
TRANSITIONS - *The Whole Essay*
- …and the reader can easily follow the course of the argument, “crossing” from one point to another.
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 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 TRANSITIONS: Lists - ADDITION
- additionally, in addition, and, again,
- and then, also, besides, equally important,
- finally, further, furthermore, moreover, nor,
- too, next, lastly, what’s more, moreover,
- then, first/second (-ly)
TRANSITIONS: Lists - ALTERNATIVE
- 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
- therefore, consequently,
- accordingly, thus, hence, as a result
TRANSITIONS: Lists - CLARIFICATION
- 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
- 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
- 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”
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