Transitional words and phrases Paragraph coherence

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Transitional words and phrasesParagraph
coherence

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• Contents
• Transition signals
• Paragraph coherence
• Clarity
• Compound Adjectives
• Write as much as is appropriate

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Transition signals
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• Transition signals are connecting words or
  phrases that act like bridges between parts of
  your writing.
• Transition signals act like signposts to indicate
  to the reader the order and flow of your writing
  and ideas.
• They strengthen the internal cohesion of your
  writing. Using transitions makes it easier for
  the reader to follow your ideas.
• They help carry over a thought from one sentence
  to another, from one paragraph to another, or
  from one idea to another.

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Three types of Transition signals
- transition phrases - conjunctive adverbs

• 1. Sentence Connectors
• 2. Clause connectors
• 3. Others

• coordinating conjunctions
• subordinating conjunctions

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1. Sentence Connectors (transition phrases
conjunctive adverbs)

• Transition phrases
• Appear in the beginning, middle, or end of a
  sentence.
• A coma is needed.

Example For example, the Baltic Sea (, for
example) in Northern Europe is only one-fourth as
saline as the Rea Sea in the Middle East (, for
example).
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• Conjunction Adverbs
• Often used with a semicolon and a comma to join
  two independent clauses.

Examples In warm climate zones, water
evaporates rapidly therefore, its net profit
declined. Some English words do not have
exact equivalents in other languages for
example, there is no German word for the
adjective fair, as in fair play.
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2. Clause Connectors

• Coordinating conjunctions ????
• Used with a comma to join two independent clauses
  and to form a compound sentence.

Examples In a matriarchy, the mother is the
head of the family, and all of the children
belong to her clan. In warm climate zones,
water evaporates, so the concentration of salt is
greater.
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Yet and But

• Yet and But an opposite idea is coming.
• Yet preferred when the 2nd clause is an
  unexpected or surprising contrast to the 1st
  clause.
• But preferred when the 2 clauses are direct
  oppositions.
• Yet is similar in meaning to