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Inordertobeabletoleadyourreaderinthedirectionyouwanttogo,youwillhaveto
usestrongtransitionsinyourwriting.Youcandothatinseveralways:byusingentire
sentencestoconnectonethoughttoanother,entireparagraphstogivemorebackground
information,orsimplyawordortwotoindicateyourintentions.
ThislistofsignalsisfromTheNewReadingTeacher'sBookofLists,1985PrenticeHall,
Inc.,EnglewoodCliffs,NJ07632.ByE.Fry,D.Fountoukidis,andJ.Polk.
1.ContinuationSignals(Warningtherearemoreideastocome):
2.Changeofdirectionsignals(Watchoutweredoublingback):
3.Sequencesignals(Thereisanordertotheseideas):
first,second,
A,B,C inthefirstplace foronething then
third
next before now after while
into(farintothe
until last during since
night)
always Oclock ontime later earlier
4.Illustrationsignals(Hereswhatthatprinciplemeansinreality):
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5.Emphasissignals(Thisisimportant):
6.Cause,condition,orresultsignals(Conditionormodificationcomingup):
7.Spatialsignals(Answersthewherequestion):
8.Comparisoncontrastsignals(WewillnowcompareideaAwithideaB):
9.Conclusionsignals(Thisendsthediscussionandmayhavespecial
importance):
10.Fuzzsignals(Ideanotexact,orauthortopositiveandwishestoqualifya
statement):
11.Nonwordemphasissignals
exclamation subheads,like
underline italics boldtype
point(!) TheConclusion
veryshort
indentionof graphic numberedpoints quotation
sentence:Stop
paragraph illustrations (1,2,3) marks
War.
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