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Contributor: Jennifer Blanchard. Lesson ID: 13509
Transitions take you from one thing to the next. Transition over to this lesson and learn all you can to make your writing that much smoother!
Transition words help take a reader from one idea to the next.
Wow! So many transition words!
I bet you already know a lot of them, though, and maybe already use some in your writing to make it flow more smoothly and easier for your readers to follow your ideas.
Transition words are words that:
While that's the purpose of ALL transition words, there are different types of transition words that can be used at different times.
Let's take a look at those different purposes and some example transition words:
To Show Time or The Order of Things
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At the Beginning
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At the End
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To Agree with Something
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To Disagree with Something
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To Show an Effect or Result
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To Show Examples
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These are just some of the many transition words!
To see transitions at work, check out Transition Words from Kris Stanec:
Next, let's move on to the Got It? section!
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