A STUDENT stands at the right of the screen. He addresses the camera directly.
STUDENT: When you're going from here to there, you take steps. The steps transition you from this place...
The STUDENT clicks his fingers and appears, as if by magic, at the left of the screen.
STUDENT: To this place. They simply ease the way. Think of each idea in your texts as a place. The transitions between ideas are the steps that lead you into the new place, showing you how one idea is connected to the other.
The STUDENT holds up some note cards.
STUDENT: Here I have some notecards with different transition words on them. Let’s take a look at some.
The STUDENT holds up a note card showing each transition word or phrase as he says it.
STUDENT: Then, fortunately, meanwhile, on the other hand, later that day, in addition, and most importantly.
STUDENT: Alright, I think you get the idea by now! So, let’s see how this works with these sentences. Mark really wanted to go out to the store. He still had an hour of homework to do. What transition can we use to show the relationship between ideas?
The STUDENT holds up a note card.
STUDENT: This one, on the other hand. Mark really wanted to go out to the store. On the other hand, he still had an hour of homework to do. The transition shows you how the two ideas are related. The second sentence contrasts with the first.
STUDENT: You can also have a transition within a sentence. For example, I knew it was raining because I heard the raindrops pattering on the window.
The STUDENT struggles to find the note card showing the word because. He locates it and holds it up to the camera.
STUDENT: Because. That would have been smoother if I could have pulled out because just as I was saying it. There’s another transition, just as. Anyways, to help your writing flow from one idea to the next, try using transitions. Speaking of transitions…
The STUDENT clicks his fingers once again and, as if by magic, disappears.
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