CONSTRUCTING THE PARAGRAPH4. USING TRANSITIONSTutorialDr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Computers for EducationProfessor Emeritus, CSU, Sacramentoall content is copyrighted |
Just to review, the Topic Sentence is
the best summary of the whole paragraph. Support Sentences make
the topic more concrete.
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All sentences in the paragraph should enhance,
clarify, and support the main idea in the topic sentence.
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Transitions are words or phrases that show the reader the relationships between and among the topic and the support sentences. |
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Transitions show the relationship between
topic sentence and the support sentences, and the relationship to
each other.
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Transitions can create relationships of time and space, or of analysis--cause and effect, comparison and contrast, and other kinds of logical argument. |
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Transitions can indicate the sequence of events in a narrative. |
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Transitions can show the relationship between objects in a place. |
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Transitions can show the logical relationships between ideas in a paragraph or essay. |
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Something to remember:
The different kinds of transition can be mixed
throughout any paragraph or essay.
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