Transitions

Transitions are words, sentences, or paragraphs that connect other words, sentences or paragraphs. Effective transitions will allow the reading to flow and show the relationship between ideas.

 

1.      Each sentence in a paragraph should be related to the preceding and following sentences. Writers should also relate ideas and paragraphs.

2.      Transitions should not always come at the beginning of the sentence in every new paragraph; they can be buried within the sentence for variety.

Example: “John, however, chose to do the right thing.”

3.      Transitions do not always need to be explicit.

 

Transitions do not come at the end of the paragraph or story but rather at the beginning of the new paragraph or story.