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aCademIC voCabULary
When you use transitions to
link or connect ideas, you are
helping to create coherence,
or the clear and orderly
presentation of ideas in your
writing or speaking. This
ability to make your thinking
cohere, or stick together, is an
important skill in writing and
thinking in any subject.
Think about how you can
generalize the term transition:
The transition from childhood
to adulthood is full of false
starts.
7. Which narrative ending do you believe is most effective? Why?
Language and Writer’s Craft: Transitions
The use of transitions makes an essay or other writing easy for the reader to follow. Transitions are words and phrases that link ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. Transitions help you create coherence in your writing.
Transitional words help you move from one sentence or thought to another.
• Transitions that show examples: that is, such as, for example, in other words,
for instance
• Transitions that show time: first, next, after, finally, then, at the same time
• Transitions that show importance: second, more importantly, most important, most of all, least, last but not least
8. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with the most appropriate transitional words and phrases from the list above.
, I went to my mom’s secret recipe drawer in her bedroom.
, I grabbed everything I needed from the kitchen. I wasn’t going to cook in our kitchen, however. I wanted to keep everyone in the dark about what I was up to, my nosy sister Caitlin. , I was going to win this bake-off challenge all by myself.
Check Your Understanding Narrative Writing Prompt:
Write a draft of your narrative about a change that is significant to you. Remember to refer to your Memory Map, questions and answers about details, and your characterization graphic organizer to help guide you as you write. Be sure to
• Establish the incident (setting, conflict, character), describe the response (events), and include a reflection.
• Write from the first-person point of view and include details of the characters’ feelings; use dialogue to develop the characters and the incident.
• Use descriptive language, such as connotative diction, sensory details, and vivid verbs.
• Use transitions, apply correct punctuation, and use different types of pronouns correctly.
my Notes
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