TRANSITIONAL WORDS

What are transitions and how are they used?

• transitions are phrases or words used to connect one idea to the next
• transitions are used by the author to help the reader progress from one significant idea to the next
• transitions also show the relationship within a paragraph (or even within a sentence) between the main idea and the support the author gives for those ideas
• different transitions do different things....

Transitional Words List:

http://jc-schools.net/write/transition.htm

http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm

Transitional Words Power Point and explanation:

http://jc-schools.net/write/transitions_files/frame.htm

Transitional Words Games & Quizzes:

Games: http://www.studygs.net/trans/wrtstr6a.htm

Quiz: http://jc-schools.net/write/trans-quiz_files/frame.htm