TRANSITIONS

1. TRANSITIONS • Help you move from one idea to another • Help you move a story along • Help your sentences and paragraphs FLOW more smoothly

2. or breaks between ideas Transitions link sentences and paragraphs together smoothly…. so there are no abrupt jumps

3. TRANSITIONS • Bridge parts of your story together • Guide the reader smoothly through your story • Make your writing more mature and less elementary • Add PIZZAZZ

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.