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Improve the flow and coherence of your writing by using transitions to link sentences and paragraphs smoothly. This tool provides examples and explanations for different types of transitions.
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TRANSITIONS • Help you move from one idea to another • Help you move a story along • Help your sentences and paragraphs FLOW more smoothly
or breaks between ideas Transitions link sentences and paragraphs together smoothly…. so there are no abrupt jumps
TRANSITIONS • Bridge parts of your story together • Guide the reader smoothly through your story • Make your writing more mature and less elementary • Add PIZZAZZ
TRANSITIONSin Literature • Sometime later, the Man in the Yellow Suit slipped down from the saddle and tied the Tucks’ old horse to a bar of the Fosters’ fence. Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting • By this time, the upper layer was thin enough for the sun to come through, and it was as dazzling as on real snow. Amelia Earhart, The Fun of It
Transitions – To show time EX: after, next, finally, later, meanwhile, at this point, during • We managed to walk back to the main gate where the busses were waiting patiently. • Later, we managed to walk back to the main gate where the busses were waiting patiently.
Transitions that show time: • For the second morning in a row, Winnie Foster woke early. Tuck Everlasting • The next day at school I told Savannah that I had eaten some bad Halloween candy and gotten sick… Wonder
Transitions that show time: • But later, When Winnie went out again to the fence, she saw that the sky was changing. Tuck Everlasting • It was already the middle of January and we still even hadn’t chosen what science-fair project we were going to work on. Wonder
Transitions – To show locationEX: above, across, behind, in front of • We hurried to the Stormrunner and waited in the snakelike line that seemed to go on forever. There was a warning sign. • We hurried to the Stormrunner and waited in the snakelike line that seemed to go on forever. In front of the metal deathtrap, was a warning sign.
Transitions that show location: • Up a steep flight of narrow stairs was a dusty loft… Tuck Everlasting • In the hallways, which were always crowded, my face would always surprise some unsuspecting kid who maybe hadn’t heard about me. Wonder
Transitions that show location: • When we get off at the exit, my grandfather says to my mom, “Drive by the old place.”The Fourteenth Goldfish • Mom picked August up at school, and the moment he came home, he went straight to the bathroom and threw up.Wonder
Transitions – To addEX: additionally, also, for example, • I walked through the woods toward the log cabin. I stopped to gaze at the majestic waterfall. • I walked through the woods toward the log cabin. Also, I stopped to gaze at the majestic waterfall.
Transitions – comparison EX: also, likewise, similarly • Riding the Great Bear caused my stomach to do cartwheels. The Corkscrew made me feel nauseous too. • Riding the Great Bear caused my stomach to do cartwheels. Similarly, the Corkscrew did the same.
Transitions – contrast (different) EX: on the other hand, unlike, however, but, yet • Riding the Great Bear caused my stomach to do cartwheels. The Coal Cracker didn’t make me sick and was fun. • Riding the Great Bear caused my stomach to do cartwheels. On the other hand, the Coal Cracker didn’t make me sick and was fun.
Transitions – to conclude or summarize EX: in conclusion, finally, all in all, consequently • I had an unforgettable trip despite not listening to that little voice inside. • All in all, I had an unforgettable trip despite not listening to that little voice inside.
