Is a bridge important?

What is the main purpose of having a bridge?

TRANSITION WORDS
-is a word or phrase that shows the relationship
between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech.
Transitions provide greater cohesion by making it more
explicit or signaling how ideas relate to one another.

-transitions help students understand the relationship

between sentences parts, sentences and paragraph.
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Transition used to indicate ADDITION:
MOREOVER

- It adds extra information to the point you are making. When clauses are
connected by moreover (conjunction), a semicolon is required. Synonym
words with Moreover; furthermore, in addition, besides...
EXAMPLE
:
The car looked good; moreover, the price was right

Mark is handsome; moreover, he is rich.

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Transition used to indicate ADDITION:

FURTHERMO
RE

- an adverb that can be used within a sentence to denote additional

information. 
EXAMPLE
:
"The car I was considering buying was getting rusty, furthermore its
breaks were fading".

I don’t know what happened at the party last night and, furthermore, I don’t
want to know.
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Transition used to indicate CONTRAST:

ON THE OTHER HAND

- It is used when talking about an event,situation,action and vice versa.

The use of this is also like.

EXAMPLE
:
I want to go to eat, but on the other hand I have to
study hard.

You need to be honest with your client, but on the other hand he is
paying you for your professional judgment.
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Transition used to indicate CONTRAST:

HOWEVE
R
- connects two sentences as meaning. We can express a contrast by
using the adverb however with two sentences. It is always followed by
a comma
EXAMPLE
:
Scientists disagree with this theory, however, it's never been proven
right.

My friends wanted to go outside. However, it is raining.

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Transition used to indicate COMPARISON:

LIK
E
- is used to say what something or someone looks/is like.

EXAMPLE
:

George's sister looks like Megan Fox.

I look like my father.

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Transition used to indicate COMPARISON:

COMPARABL
E

- Similar in “amount,size,etc…” We can use it to make comparison.

EXAMPLE
:

The two Apple are’nt Comparable.

It was comparable to being eating.

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Transition used to indicate EMPHASIS:

INDEE
D
- A word that used to emphasize the truth of something or to agree that
something is true.

EXAMPLE
:

It is indeed a great honor to received the award from such a polite man.

Life is indeed a good experience.

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Transition used to indicate EMPHASIS:

DEFINITE
LY

- is an adverb that usually means certainly or without a doubt. It also has this

meaning when it’s used as a single-word response. 
EXAMPLE
:

I’m definitely going to the movies with you tonight.

"For me, everything definitely comes from music".

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Transition used to indicate ILLUSTRATION:

FOR INSTANCE

- Same with the word, “Example”.

EXAMPLE
:

've lived in many cities, for instance, Boston, Chicago, and Detroit. Jan
e is very generous. For instance, she volunteers at the hospital and giv
es money to charities.

My books have sold well. My most recent one, for instance, sold 
100 000 copies.
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Transition used to indicate ILLUSTRATION:

SUCH AS

- Same with the word, “Example”.

EXAMPLE
:

There are a number of basic
tools no home should be without, such as a hammer, screwdriver set, an
d adjustable wrench.

Bill enjoys many kinds of fruit, such as apples, pears, and plums. Mary has ma
ny hobbies, such as swimming, bowling, and running.
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Transition used to indicate CAUSE AND
EFFECT:

AS A
RESULT

- Same with the word, “Example”.

EXAMPLE
:

Many large earthquakes have occurred as a result of seismic activity at

the Middle America Trench.

He suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the accident

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Transition used to indicate CAUSE AND
EFFECT:

DUE
TO

caused by or ascribable to:

EXAMPLE
:

Jacob’s dog’s escape was due to to the broken gates.

The road closure was due to an accident.

 Read the two pieces of text. The first one is
written without used of transitions. Which one is
smoother, more understandable, and easier to
read?
I like going to the beach. There I like going to the beach; however,
is lots of sand and it gets there is lots of sand and it gets
everywhere. Swimming in the everywhere. On the other hand,
ocean is enjoyable and fun. swimming in the ocean is enjoyable
The sun warms me. I lay out on and fun. Later, the sun warms me as I
a big towel. Sometimes I fall lay out on a big towel. Sometimes, I
asleep. It is time to go home. I fall asleep. For this reason, it is time
will return to the beach to go home. In conclusion, I will later
someday. return to the beach someday.
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Directions:Read the biography of Benjamin Pogrund. As you read, look for cohesive devices used and write
them on your notebook.

Benjamin Pogrund was brought up in Cape Town. In particular, he began his

career as a journalist in 1958, writing for The Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg.
Eventually, he became deputy-editor of the The Rand Daily Mail which was the
only newspaper in South Africa at that time to report on events in black South
African townships. In the course of his work, he came to know the major players
in the apartheid struggle and gained the respect and confidence of leaders such
as Nelson Mandela. Soon, Pogrund was a reporter at the Sharpeville massacre
on 21 March 1960. Then, he wrote about the1965 series on beating and torture
of black inmates and maltreatment of white political prisoners. During his career
reporting on apartheid in South Africa, he was put on trial several times, put in
prison once, had his passport revoked and was investigated as a threat to the
state by security police. Source: Wikipedia
Let’s do THE activity

Select a topic from the list below. Write a paragraph about the topic using transition words.
Circle each transition words used in your paragraph.
 a sport
 a holiday
 eating healthy foods
 a vacation
 a pet
 Let’s do THE activity
Directions: Circle the transitional expressions in the selections that follow. The number in parentheses tells
you how many signal words to look for in each case. Also, write in the margin beside each signal whether it
shows emphasis, addition, comparison, contrast, illustration, or cause-and-effect

1. Many of the restless and dissatisfied sons and daughters of these middle, upper-middle, and upper-
class homes had never known poverty. Consequently, they could not understand their parents’
emphasis upon money, status, and work. Parents, on the other hand, could not understand how
some of their children could be indifferent, even hostile, to such practical things as formal
education and preparation for work. (2 signal words)
2. The greatest value of play technique is in the study of personality. Children often cannot or will not
explain themselves in the first person. However, they may reveal much of their inner lives in play.
The child who will not tell about his or her own fears and conflicts may readily project these
feelings into dolls. Feelings of rejection, insecurity, ambivalent attitudes toward parent, repressed
hatred, fears, and aggressions may all be freely revealed in play. As a result, the play technique,
when properly handled, offers opportunities for understanding the child that are otherwise difficult
to create.
(3 signal words)
3. Energy is used to cause chemical changes. For
example, a chemical change occurs in the electroplating
of metals when electrical energy is passed through a salt
solution in which the metal is submerged. A chemical
change also occurs when radiant energy from the sun is
utilized by plants in the process of photosynthesis.
Moreover, as we say, a chemical change occurs when
heat causes mercuric oxide to decompose. Chemical
changes are often used to produce energy rather than
new substances. The heat or thrust generated during the
combustion of fuels is more important than the products
formed. (5 signal words)
 Let’s do THE activity
Directions: Circle the transitional expressions in the selections that follow. The number in parentheses tells you how
many signal words to look for in each case. Also, write in the margin beside each signal whether it shows emphasis,
addition, comparison, contrast, illustration, or cause-and-effect

4. Along with food production, human beings found time to develop the arts and sciences. Some hunter-gatherers, as was
already pointed out, must have had considerable leisure without making any notable movement toward civilization. A
difference between the hunter-gatherers and farmers that is important to note is that the former are usually nomadic; whereas,
the latter are sedentary. But even those pre-agricultural people who had fairly stationary living sites did not develop in
civilized ways comparable to the farmers. Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food
collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had to be given to the growing plants and animals,
harvests had to be reaped, stored, and divided. Thus, we might argue that it was neither leisure time nor a sedentary existence
that produced great changes in human culture. The cause was rather the more rigorous demands associated with an
agricultural way of life. Humanity was changing plants and animals to suit its needs,and living in close relation with plants
and animals was changing humans’ way of life. (8 signal words)
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4. Along with food production, human beings found time to develop the arts and
sciences. Some hunter-gatherers, as was already pointed out, must have had
considerable leisure without making any notable movement toward civilization. A
difference between the hunter-gatherers and farmers
Directions: that
Circle is
theimportant
transitional expressions
to note inisthethat
selections that follow. The number in parentheses
the former are usually nomadic; whereas, thetells
latter aremany
you how sedentary.
signal wordsBut even
to look those
for in each
pre-agricultural people who had fairly stationary
case.living sites
Also, write did
in the not beside
margin develop in
each signal
whether it shows
civilized ways comparable to the farmers. Agriculture emphasis,
probably addition, comparison,
required a far greater
contrast, illustration, or cause-and-effect
discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain
seasons, some protection had to be given to the growing plants and animals,
harvests had to be reaped, stored, and divided. Thus, we might argue that it was
neither leisure time nor a sedentary existence that produced great changes in
human culture. The cause was rather the more rigorous demands associated with
an agricultural way of life. Humanity was changing plants and animals to suit its
needs,and living in close relation with plants and animals was changing humans’
way of life. (8 signal words)
 Let’s do THE activity

• What is the importance of transition words in

writing an essay?

• What are the common types of transition words?on

words in writing an essay?