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Transitions

Transitions. Sewing Your Paragraphs Together. Internal Transitions. S quare = one paragraph Strips = sentences Stiches = transitions. Internal Transitions. Transitions hold the sentences together Show relationships Connect ideas Guide reader. Internal Transitions. Seamless transitions

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  1. Transitions Sewing Your Paragraphs Together

  2. Internal Transitions • Square = one paragraph • Strips = sentences • Stiches = transitions

  3. Internal Transitions • Transitions hold the sentences together • Show relationships • Connect ideas • Guide reader

  4. Internal Transitions • Seamless transitions • Repeat key words • Slow down to explain Use a thread of similar color to make a smooth transition.

  5. Practice Improving Transitions Examples from OWL at Purdue https://owl.english.purdue.edu/

  6. Internal Transitions Example: Overall, Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. Another important thing to note is that the corporation had expanded its international influence.

  7. Internal Transitions Example: Overall, Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. Another important thing to note is that the corporation had expanded its international influence. Clunky, doesn’t show relationship, seems like an after-thought.

  8. Improved Revision: Overall, Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. These impressive profits are largely due to the corporation's expanded international influence.

  9. Improved Revision: Overall, Management Systems International has logged increased sales in every sector, leading to a significant rise in third-quarter profits. These impressive profits are largely due to the corporation's expanded international influence. Smoother, connects by repeating key word, shows relationship.

  10. Internal Transitions Example Amy Tan became a famous author after her novel, The Joy Luck Club, skyrocketed up the bestseller list. There are other things to note about Tan as well. Amy Tan also participates in the satirical garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders with Stephen King and Dave Barry. • What could make this transition more effective?

  11. Internal Transitions Example Amy Tan became a famous author after her novel, The Joy Luck Club, skyrocketed up the bestseller list. There are other things to note about Tan as well. Amy Tan also participates in the satirical garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders with Stephen King and Dave Barry.

  12. Improved Revision: Amy Tan became a famous author after her novel, The Joy Luck Club, skyrocketed up the bestseller list. Though her fiction is well known, her work with the satirical garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders receives far less publicity. • What makes this transition more effective?

  13. Improved Revision: Amy Tan became a famous author after her novel, The Joy Luck Club, skyrocketed up the bestseller list. Though her fiction is well known, her work with the satirical garage band the Rock Bottom Remainders receives far less publicity. Connects with key words, shows relationship between the sentences.

  14. Segues Transitions Between Paragraphs

  15. Segues • Connect the squares • How does each paragraph relate to the next? • Use key words • Show the relationship between paragraphs

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