Transition Punctuation Review

What is the purpose of a transition?

• To make your writing longer

• To logically "flow" between ideas

• To have a grammar quiz

Quick: List as many transition words/phrases as you can!

The student with the best list will get extra credit :)

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

After a transition, you should always put a

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What will happen if you DON'T put a comma after a transition?

• You will lose writing points

• You will not do well on the grammar quiz this week

• You could make your writing more confusing

• All of these are true

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Where could a transition appear in your writing?

• At the start of one sentence, to link the ideas in that sentence to the previous sentence

• In the middle of the sentence, which is also a way to link that sentence's ideas with the previous one

• BOTH!

If my transition appears at the start of a sentence, there should be a punctuation mark in FRONT of the transition... either a semicolon OR a

If I am connecting sentence A and sentence B with a semicolon, do I need a capital letter at the start of sentence B?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

If I am using a period between sentence A and sentence B, does sentence B need to start with a capital letter?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Remind me... If I have a transition at the start of a sentence that follows either a semicolon or a period, do I need a punctuation mark AFTER the transition too?

• Yes-- A COMMA!

• No

• It depends

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

If I have a transition in the middle of the sentence interrupting a single thought, what punctuation do I need both BEFORE AND AFTER the transition?

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A