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Writers use _________ to guide the reader through a ___________: a written or spoken telling of events, or a story.
Transition words, phrases, or clauses are used to show how one idea is connected to another. For example, transition words are often used to show the _________ of events in the story or to show _________ or ___________ an event in the story happens.
Writers use transition words to guide the reader through a narrative, which is a written or spoken telling of _________ or a _________. Transition words show how one idea connects to another, like showing the order of events or when and where events happen in the story.