Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample. SPI 0801.3.5

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1. A chart of the transitional devices - also called conjunctive adverbs or adverbial conjunctions
2. Making an Argument: Effective use of Transition Words - Lesson plan; "explore and understand the use of transition words in context and write their own persuasive essay using transition words" [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
3. Transitional Devices (Connecting Words) - Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab
4. Transitional Devices - transitional guides are connectives (symbols,words, phrases; sometimes whole sentences and paragraphs) that make possible a smooth "passing over" from one idea to the next.
5. Transitions indicate relations - whether from sentence to sentence, or from paragraph to paragraph. This is a list of "relationships" that supporting ideas may have, followed by a list of "transitional" words and phrases that can connect those ideas:
6. Using Transitions - Transitional words and phrases can create powerful links between ideas in your paper and can help your reader understand the logic of your paper
7. Using Transitions - Gap-fill exercise
8. Using Transitions by Ruth Luman - Interactive PowerPoint show
9. Writing Research Papers - Transition Words and Phrases
10. Writing Academic Essays - transition words

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