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In this article, I will explain to you about Transitional Paragraph. I hope this article will help you in any of your assignments about Transitional Paragraph itself. So, let's check this out!

TRANSITIONAL PARAGRAPH

🍁 What will be explained :
     1) What is Definition of Transitional Paragraph?
     2) How Transitional Paragraph work for?
     3) What Types of Transitional Paragraph are?

A transitional paragraph is a paragraph in an essay, speech, composition, or report that signals a shift from one section, idea, or approach to another.

Usually short (sometimes as short as one or two sentences), a transitional paragraph is most commonly used to summarize the ideas of one part of a text in preparation for the beginning of another part.

Using transitional phrases is a way to guide your reader from one thought to the next. These are used within your paragraphs as you move from one idea to another as well as when you need to move your reader to the next paragraph. Think of transitions as the links that help your writing flow. You can also think of a transition as a sort of bridge between ideas or between paragraphs. Rather than leap from one idea to the next, a transitional word or phrase will offer connection and flow.

Different transitions serve different purposes, such as showing a contrast, showing cause and effect, or elaborating upon an idea.

Use good paragraph transition words in essays to help your ideas flow throughout the essay, as well. In these ways, transition words serve as a sort of writing glue. Yet, don't use the same transition repeatedly, unless you are doing so for a specific effect.

Transitional words and phrases  connect sentences and paragraphs to each other. Paragraph transitions suggest a particular relationship between one idea and the next. Within a paragraph, transitions provide coherence: a sense that the paragraph contains one main argument or idea. Between paragraphs, paragraph transitions help with the flow of writing from beginning to end, as well as the sense of the coherence of the whole essay. Transitional words and phrases often occur at the beginning of a sentence and, for more formal writing, transitional expressions are set off with a comma. Some transition words (for example, "too" or "as well") more often occur at the end or even in the middle of a sentence, however.

To help you practice transitional words, here is a transition word list that shows the relationship the transitional words or phrases indicate. As a transition word exercise, revise a paragraph adding the appropriate transition word or phrase.

Every paragraph should have a relationship to the previous paragraph. Using key phrases or words from a previous paragraph at the start of the next one can make a natural transition. Transitional words or phrases allow the reader to understand not only the connection between different paragraphs, but also the connection between a particular paragraph and the main point (i.e. the thesis) of your writing.

Transition words prevent our writing from sounding stilted or choppy. They sew our paragraphs together, making our writing flow better, connecting one idea to the next.

It's important to make sure transitional words fall naturally into your composition. Review the sentences below to see how the transition words make the writing flow better. Transition words cue the reader to relationships between your ideas, especially for a change of ideas. Some examples of transition words you can use include:
▪ First
▪ In addition
▪ In contrast
▪ Next
▪ Then
▪ However
▪ Obviously
▪ Therefore
▪ Consequently
▪ In conclusion

Make sure to vary the transition words that you use. Using “however” throughout your essay will sound repetitive and confuse the reader. Therefore, take the time to think about which transitions will work best to help you move through your ideas, and help your readers understand the point that you want to make in your writing.

At the beginning of each supporting paragraph, start with a topic sentence. This is a way to introduce the ideas that you’re going to discuss in that paragraph. You can elevate your topic sentence by using a transition word or phrase to show that you’re switching to a new idea.

The organization of your paper can also help boost the paragraph transitions. As you think about the supporting ideas in your body paragraphs, determine which order you should present them in. Consider how the ideas in each paragraph can build off each other. Is there a logical order that you could use? Try rearranging the ideas to find the right order for your ideas.

Along with organizing your essay, you can improve paragraph transitions by discussing the relationship between ideas. For example, at the end of your first supporting paragraph, you could discuss how that idea leads into the next body paragraph. Help your readers understand why you ordered the ideas the way that you did. How does your first body paragraph relate to the second paragraph? Don’t make your reader guess what you’re thinking; state your ideas, and let the reader know how those ideas relate.

In conclusion, it’s important to use paragraph transitions to help lead your reader through your ideas. By using transition words, topic sentences, organization, and relationships, you can improve paragraph transitions and keep your reader following your thought process from start to finish.

Transitional devices are words or short phrases that can help link paragraphs to one another. Some of the devices listed below can be used with more than one effect, and some are better suited for informal writing than academic essays. Always keep in mind your intended audience when choosing a transitional word or phrase.

Below are examples of the many different types of transitional expressions:
▪ To signal an addition:  and, again, besides, equally important, finally, furthermore, lastly, moreover, in addition, first (second, third, etc.)
▪ To signal a comparison: whereas, yet, on the other hand, however, nevertheless, on the contrary, by comparison, although, meanwhile, in contrast
▪ To signal an exception: yet, still, however, in spite of, despite, of course, once in a while
▪ To signal time or a sequence: immediately, thereafter, finally, later, previously, formerly, first (second, third, etc.), next, and so forth, consequently, subsequently, thus, hence, therefore
▪ To signal repetition: in brief, as has been noted, in essence, in other words, namely, that is, that is to say
▪ To signal emphasis: obviously, in fact, indeed, without a doubt, undeniably, without reservation
▪ To signal an example: for example, for instance, in another case, on this occasion, in this situation, to demonstrate, to illustrate
▪ To signal a conclusion: in brief, to conclude, in conclusion, hence, therefore, accordingly, thus, as a result, consequently
▪ To signal cause or effect: accordingly, as a result, because, consequently, otherwise, therefore, thus.

In this article, I will explain to you about Narrative text. I hope this article will help you in any your assignments about Narrative itself. So, let's check this out!

NARRATIVE TEXT

🍀What will be explained :
     1) What is Narrative Text?
     2) Chronological Order?
     3) Transitional Signals used in Narrative Paragraph?

✨ Definition of Narrative Text itself is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

✨ The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

✨ Generic Structures of Narrative Text :
1) Orientation
Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story: who and what is involved in the story.

2) Complication
Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

3) Resolution
The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

4) Re-orientation
This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists  of  a  moral  lesson,  advice  or  teaching  from  the writer

Narrative is that kind of discourse which answers the question “what happened?”. It is concerned with times, actions, and events in motion (Warriner, 1986 : 461). Narrative paragraph tells a story by relating a series of events in time order. Narrative includes all writing that provides an account of an event or a series of events (Eschholz and Rosa, 1993 : 55).

Narrative is also a type of writing in which the details or the ideas in a sequence of events or steps of the process are arranged on the basic time. The details are arranged in chronological order and transitional words or phrases expressing time, such as : soon, immediately, afterwards, as soon as, are commonly used, etc. The use of these devices gives the readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.

Narrative paragraph is used when we want to recount an event or an experience or to tell a miniature story. We relate the events in straight chronological order. It can be stated that a narrative paragraph is one of four basic types of prose, which tells a story by relating a series of events in chronological order. To narrate is to tell a story, to tell what happened.

To make a good narrative paragraph, first we need to including all the significant events, second we don't need to bring up un-significance points, third it follows a logical time sequence, fourth it doesn't drag on, its pace is brisk and last thing it has a point that can be drawn from the story.

Many writers prefer to narrate a sequence chronologically; that is as it actually occurred, starting at the beginning and stopping at the end. Others choose to recognize time in flashback. Here, the end of the story might be told first with the beginning and middle added on make the ending understandable. And there are other ways we can recognize time. We can build to a climax by crowding more incidents into shorter and shorter period of time.

Transitions of words, phrases or sentences are all important in narrative. We are familiar with such ordering expressions as first, second, third, finally, later, next, last, etc. We can use them to direct by her traffic in our stories. When we use flashback, we need words and phrases like: earlier all at once and so on.

A good narrative paragraph at least has four essential features.

First : context, we make clear when the action happened and where it happened and to whom.
Second : point of view, we establish and maintain a consistent relationship to the action.
Third : selection of details, we should carefully choose what to include, focusing on those actions and details that are most important to the story.
Fourth : organization of the events of the narrative in an appropriate sequence, often a strict chronologically with a clear beginning, middle, and the end.

          In this discussion, we will learn about pre-writing strategies. To learn pre-writing strategies in paragraph writing that will be learn in the next unit, but now we need to learn about concept to unity and coherence of a paragraph.

🌀 The Unity
      Do you know what unity is? Unity means that the ideas of the supporting sentences are all clearly connected to the main idea expressed in the topic sentence. In the other word, all the details are relevant to the one controlling idea. Unity in a paragraph intends to explain. The paragraph as a whole should focus on that idea. The best way to keep our paragraph unified is to be sure of what we intended to do. One way to make our intention clear is to begin with a topic sentence. By beginning paragraph with a topic sentence we immediately signal to our readers the main idea that we will develop in that paragraph. On the other hand we can't include any information that doesn't directly support the topic sentence.

🌀 The Coherence
      Literally, the word coherence means “sticking together”. A paragraph is coherent when the sentences are woven together in such a way that our readers can move easily from one sentence to the next one and read the paragraph as an integrated whole. A paragraph coheres—holds together—when the sentences are arranged in a clear, logical order and when the sentences are related like links in a chain. A coherence paragraph contains sentences that are logically arranged and flow smoothly. The connections between sentences are made in three ways, called cohesive elements such as: repetition of keywords, use a reference word, use of a transition word.

          A good paragraph should have unity and coherence. Unity means that the ideas of the supporting sentences are all clearly connected to the main idea expressed in the topic sentence. The best way to keep our paragraph unified is to be sure of what we intended to do. One way to make our intention clear is to begin with a topic sentence. Coherence means sticking together. A paragraph is coherent when the sentences are woven together in such a way that our readers can move easily from one sentence to the next and read the paragraph as an integrated whole. A paragraph coheres—holds together–when they sentences are arranged in a clear, logical order, and when the sentences are related like links in a chain. A coherent paragraph contains sentences that are logically arranged and flow smoothly.