Use Transitions in your Writing!

-Use when you switch ideas in your story! To show time: First, Second, Next, Then, Now, Later, Sooner or later, First of all, All of a sudden, After that, Immediately, In the meantime, Until then, About that time, Soon, First off, Meanwhile, As soon as __________, In the middle ___________, After awhile, To begin with, To start off, To add information: Besides, In addition, Furthermore, Equally important _____, Another thought _____, Considering, For example, Also, Plus, After, Again, To compare and contrast: Similarly, Otherwise, However, On the other hand, In the same way, *Either ________ or _________, *Neither_______ nor __________. Even though,

To summarize or conclude: To conclude, To wrap it all up, All in all, Last but not least, At last,

To clarify: During_______, Earlier _______, Before_________, Last, Lastly, Finally, In other words, As a result, In short, To put it another way, Putting it simply,

To show location: Above _______, Amid ________, Beyond ________, Next to ______, Over _______, Beneath _______, In back of ________, In front of ________, Under _________, On top of _______,