Question

i need help writing transitions for an essay. can anyone provide examples of good transitions?

Answer 1

From sentence to sentence or from paragraph to paragraph?

Answer 2

paragraphh to paragraph

Answer 3

Could you give me a sample of what you wrote in the past? I'd only need two paragraphs from the body.

In order to transition from paragraph to paragraph, your "wrap up" sentence has to link with your "transitional" sentence.

If you could give me like two paragraphs, I could suggest a way to help you.

Answer 4

One way to connect ideas from paragraph to paragraph is to connect a concept from one paragraph to the next...

Answer 5

ok.

here's two:

The bridge between water and the family is both a positive and negative structure, as it has caused both joy and pain. Of all these feelings, the pain stands out the most, more specifically, the pain of losing a sibling. Until being revealed in the last chapter, we don’t have a clear grasp of what’s become of the narrator’s brother, only hints. These are soon answered as its revealed he’s dead, having drowned on the beach during the family’s scramble to the boat. The connection to water is made during the scene where the text describes, “…the boy – was full of ‘bad water’ and now that the water been brought inside the house, it was too late, and if my mother wasn’t careful, they said, pointing their fingers at her, she would lose all her children to the ‘bad water’…” (130). She later goes on to throw the villagers out of the house. This notion of ‘bad water’, mentioned previously is an old Vietnamese superstition, and like the landlord earlier, the image of death and water reverberates once again. In short, these events summarize the negative force that water brings upon the narrator and her parents. It isn’t all bad, however, as water is also a force of unity, as seen in the conclusion. The narrator, years after running away from home, comes back in contact with her parents, spending a moment with them at the beach one night. It is very similar to the first page, as written, “luminous bodies washed to shore” (158). This turns out to be the reflection cast by the silvery bodies of fish beaching themselves, and not the corpse of a young boy. The narrator describes her parents, embracing each other, while she runs towards them, “like a dog unleashed, toward the lights” (158). Her parents standing by the water is a powerful image that invokes a close, if not equal positive reaction, a testament to people and their connection to the elements.
In conclusion, water does indeed present a powerful symbol, teetering between good and the bad. It can be seen at home, reminding us of where we originally sprang from. Second, it can also be what’s left of it, as strongly pronounced with the bond between the Vietnamese and water. Thirdly, and most importantly it also strikes those close to us, our friends, more importantly our families, leaving us either smiling or frowning. Water’s nature embodies the principles of symbols. They are what make it possible to connect even the smallest object to perhaps the biggest idea or belief. Powerful, moving, intriguing; the number of adjectives is infinite.

Answer 6

i know its pretty big

Answer 7

So for the top paragraph, what is the conclusion of that paragraph? What is the point that you want the reader to get out of that paragraph?

Answer 8

yknow there isnt a clear a clear ending. my prof wrote down next to it to wrap it up. its like i jumped from one topic to the next

Answer 9

The idea is that you connect your wrap up sentence with a transitional sentence within the next paragraph. Now, let's look at the top paragraph more carefully.

Answer 10

"The bridge between water and the family is both a positive and negative structure, as it has caused both joy and pain"

Here you have two ideas within one topic sentence. The positives of joy and the negatives of pain. Another problem that I am seeing is that there are two topics that need to be placed with two paragraphs.

That paragraph needs to be two different paragraphs...

Answer 11

Before I log off, I want to ask you one important question. So what? Why is this important?

Answer 12

the biggest prob ive had all year is with transitions.

Answer 13

so i want to get better with them

Answer 14

When I asked that question, I was refering to the infomation in your paragraph, not towards your question at the start