Q Transition Sentences Your name: Directions: Connecting body paragraphs by creating transition sentences and phrases makes writing cohesive. Summarize each paragraph in a single sentence to create a unique transition sentence. Using COMPLEX SENTENCES to transition, make Connections,and show Relationships between paragraphs. To create a transition sentence … 1. Find the main idea of each paragraph. 2. Determine how these ideas relate. 3. Use your knowledge of compound and complex sentences to create a sentence that incorporates these connections. Instructions: Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions. Choosing a career requires some strategies to help make one of the most important decisions of your life. First, you can narrow your choices by taking an interest test. This career assessment test identifies your skills and interests and matches them to possible jobs that utilize these skills. In addition to taking an interest test, it is important to do some research on your own. Utilize the Internet to find out more about careers that interest you. If a couple jobs sound appealing, try to volunteer in the field or shadow someone for a day who is working in the field. By doing a little research early, you may save yourself years of headache by making sure that you are putting your time and effort into a career that suits you. What is the main idea of the above paragraph? ________________________________ Focus in college is paramount to success. When you have a goal, you are more likely to achieve that goal. Students who know why they are attending college are much more likely to complete college and earn good grades. Focus helps students get the most out of classes because those students fit the topics studied into the bigger picture of their overall goal. For example, a student who has a passion for business will understand that English classes will help her write memorandums and communicate well with clients. She will fit a study of humanities into the broad base of knowledge that will help her think clearly and critically. Focus on a goal helps put the pieces together to form the big picture by discovering how the world works. What is the main idea of the above paragraph? ________________________________ Connecting Ideas How do these ideas relate? Write two different transitions sentences that would help the reader understand how these paragraphs relate. 1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ Will you put this transition sentence at the beginning of the second paragraph or at the end of the first paragraph? Some sentence types: Not only … but also… In addition to …, Just as …, so too… My role as a student not only helps me pursue my career goals, but attending classes at CPCC also introduced me to great new friends. In addition to taking courses in English, I tutor students for whom English is their second language. Just as I learn to write topic sentences that “cover” paragraphs, so too I have come to see how these statements are often the main ideas that help me summarize reading passages. LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP TRANSITIONAL EXPRESSION Similarity also, in the same way, just as … so too, likewise, similarly Exception/Contrast but, however, in spite of, on the one hand … on the other hand, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, in contrast, on the contrary, still, yet Sequence/Order first, second, third, … next, then, finally Time after, afterward, at last, before, currently, during, earlier, immediately, later, meanwhile, now, recently, simultaneously, subsequently, then Example for example, for instance, namely, specifically, to illustrate Emphasis even, indeed, in fact, of course, truly Place/Position above, adjacent, below, beyond, here, in front, in back, nearby, there Cause and Effect accordingly, consequently, hence, so, therefore, thus Additional Support or Evidence additionally, again, also, and, as well, besides, equally important, further, furthermore, in addition, moreover