TRANSITIONAL WORDS

TRANSITIONAL WORDS

WHAT ARE TRANSITIONAL WORDS?

TRANSITIONAL WORDS

HOW CAN TRANSITIONAL WORDS

HELP UNDERSTAND THE MEANING
OF THE TEXT?
What is a transition?

Bridges parts of your paper together

Point B

Point A

Helps you (writer) carry over a thought from one sentence

to another, from one idea to another, or from one
paragraph to another with words or phrases
Guides the reader to interpret ideas the way you (as a writer)
want them to
What is a transition?

Transitions link sentences and paragraphs together smoothly.

so there are no abrupt jumps

or breaks between ideas

Types of Transitions

There are several types of transitional devices; each leads your

reader to make certain connections or assumptions about the areas
youre connecting

Some lead the reader forward to Others make your reader

build compare
on an idea or thought or draw conclusions from
preceding
thoughts
Types of Transitions

A transition can be
A single word
A phrase
A sentence
An entire paragraph
All function the same way a transition either directly
summarizes the content of a preceding sentence,
section, etc., or it helps the reader anticipate or
comprehend NEW information that youre going to
present.
Transition Placement

Between Sections

Between Paragraphs

Think of yourself as the plumber who needs to

use piping (transitions) to connect the various
tubs, sinks, sewers, etc. within a house.
Transition Placement

Transitions are like road signs to direct the

reader along the best route through the
essay.
Example of Paragraph Transitions

However... Now
ADDITIVE WORDS

AND, ALSO, BESIDES,

MOREOVER, FURTHERMORE,
IN ADDITION, ADDITIONALLY,
TOO
EQUIVALENT WORDS

AS WELL AS, AT THE SAME TIME,

EQUALLY IMPORTANT, LIKEWISE,
SIMILARLY
AMPLIFYING WORDS

AS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INSTANCE,

IN FACT, LIKE, SPECIFICALLY,
PARTICULARLY, SUCH AS, THAT IS,
TO ILLUSTRATE
ALTERNATIVE WORDS

EITHER/OR, NEITHER/NOR, OTHER

THAN, OTHERWISE
REPETITIVE WORDS

AGAIN, TO REPEAT, TO REITERATE,

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IS
CONTRASTIVE AND CHANGE
WORDS
BUT, CONVERSELY, HOWEVER, DESPITE,
IN SPITE OF, EVEN THOUGH, ON THE
CONTRARY, ON THE OTHER HAND,
NEVERTHELESS, REGARDLESS,
NOTWHITHSTANDING, RATHER THAN,
STILL, THOUGH, WHEREAS, WHILE, YET
CONDITIONAL WORDS

IF, PROVIDED THAT, UNLESS, IN

THE EVENT THAT
CONCESSION WORDS

ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH,

THOUGH, GRANTED THAT
EMPHASIZING WORDS

ABOVE ALL, INDEED, MORE

IMPORTANT, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
OF COURSE
SEQUENTIAL WORDS

FINALLY, FIRST, FIRSTLY, SECOND,

SECONDLY, THIRD, THIRDLY, LAST,
LASTLY, THEN
TEMPORAL WORDS

AFTERWARDS, MEANWHILE, THE

MEANTIME, BEFORE, AFTER,
FORMERLY, PREVIOUSLY, LATER,
NEXT, FINALLY, ULTIMATELY,
SUBSEQUENTLY, UNTIL
SUMMATIVE/SUMMARIZING
WORDS
BRIEFLY, IN BRIEF, FOR THESE
REASONS, IN CONCLUSION, TO
CONCLUDE, TO END, TO SUM UP,
TO SUMMARIZE, AS SUMMARY, IN
SHORT
CAUSATIVE WORDS

BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF, DUE TO,

OWING TO, OUT OF, INASMUCH AS,
SINCE, FOR THIS REASON
CONSEQUENTIAL WORDS

THEREFORE, HENCE, THUS, AS A

RESULT, AS A CONSEQUENCE,
THEN, SO, CONSEQUENTLY,
ACCORDINGLY
MY UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

JESUS Z. MENOY
 EDUCATION IS A TREASURE TO
MOST PEOPLE. BECAUSE IT IS TREATED
THIS WAY, MOST PARENTS OF AVERAGE
MEANS CONSIDER EDUCATION AS THE
ONLY INHERITANCE THEY CAN PROVIDE
THEIR CHILDREN.
 I BELONG TO MY FAMILY OF AVERAGE
MEANS. I AM THE THIRD OF SIX CHILDREN.
MY ELDER SISTER AND ELDER BROTHER ARE
BOTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, BUT MY
SISTER PURSUED COLLEGE EDUCATION AND
COMPLETED ONLY TWO YEARS.
MY YOUNGER SISTER IS ALSO IN
COLLEGE NOW, TAKING CIVIL
ENGINEERING, WHILE MY TWO
YOUNGEST SISTERS ARE STILL IN GRADE
SCHOOL.
 IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2011- 2012, I
STOPPED STUDYING. I GREW TIRED OF
STUDYING THAT I LOST INTEREST IN GOING TO
SCHOOL. MY PARENTS SCOLDED ME FOR WHAT
I DID.
MY UNCLE WHO HAS BEEN
SUPPORTING MY STUDIES FELT BAD
ABOUT MY LOW REGARD FOR
EDUCATION AND MY DISREGARD OF
THE BENEFITS IT BRINGS.
FOR ONE YEAR, I DID NOTHING BUT EAT,
SLEEP, AND CHAT WITH FRIENDS. I
REALIZED THAT I WAS WASTING MY TIME.
I WAS FULL OF REGRETS THAT I FINALLY
DECIDED TO ENROLL IN THE
FORTHCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
 MY PARENTS LEARNED ABOUT MY
DECISION AND THEY WERE SO HAPPY FOR
ME. EVEN MY UNCLE AND THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WERE GLAD THAT
I LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKE. HOW I
WISHED THEN THAT I WOULD HAVE MY
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
 I ENROLLED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
2012-2013. THIS TIME I TOOK MY
STUDIES SERIOUSLY AND SAW TO IT THAT
I WOULD GRADUATE. FORTUNATELY, ON
MARCH 22, 2013, MY WISH TO OWN A
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA CAME TRUE. IT
WAS THE DAY OF MY GRADUATION.
EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS EXCITED
AS I WAS. MY SISTERS WERE WITH ME TO
WITNESS MY SPECIAL DAY. MY UNCLE
WORKING AS A CIVIL ENGINEER IN SAUDI
ARABIA GAVE ME A DINNER BLOW OUT IN
A RESTAURANT.
I ALSO RECEIVED A TOKEN FROM ONE OF
THE PARANAQUE CITY COUNCILORS. IT
WAS INDEED A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE
FOR ME.
 TODAY, I AM CLOSE TO FULFILLING MY
DREAM OF FINISHING A TWO-YEAR COURSE
AND RECEIVING ANOTHER DIPLOMA. I WISH
THAT ONCE I GRADUATE I COULD LAND IN A
GOOD-PAYING JOB SO THAT I COULD HELP
SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MY
YOUNGER SISTERS. THAT WAY I CAN HELP MY
FAMILY.
I AM NOT ONLY HAPPY BUT ALSO PROUD
OF MYSELF NOW THAT SOMEHOW I HAVE
EARNED A COLLEGE EDUCATION. I ALSO
PLAN TO PURSUE A FOUR-YEAR COURSE
WHEN I ALREADY HAVE A STABLE JOB.
 NOW I MUST SAY THAT EDUCATION
IS A TREASURE AND THAT SCHOOL IS
COOL.