Transition Words

What is a transitional word or phrase?

• They are words that have dipthongs

• are used to link words, phrases or sentences.

• Words that fill blanks

• Change the whole sentences

Opposition words are words that

• Agreed with the evidence and the alternatives in the sentence

• Express that there is evidence to the contrary or point out alternatives, and thus introduce a change the line of reasoning (contrast).

Words that show time or order

• Contrasting

• Sequencing

• Effect

• Information

Words that show results or solutions

• Effect

• Information

• Reasons

• Contrasting

------- her party, Ursula wanted to open all of her birthday presents.

• Allow

• After

----- her parents said she would have to wait.

• But

• Finally

-------it was so late, Ursula had to go to bed.

• Because

• In addition

---------- she decided that she would open her gifts early the next morning.

• Since

• So

--------- her parents agreed to let her eat cake for breakfast!

• Such as

• Also