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A transition is a word or phrase that connect ideas from one unit of text to another.  It provides clear, logical, steps from one point to the next.  Before checking for proper transitions in an essay you should make sure the essay is well organized.  This will help the essay seem coherent, concise and aid in its clarity.    Transitions are used in sentences, paragraphs and large blocks of text.  Between paragraphs the topic sentence of one paragraph should allude to the final sentence of the previous paragraph:
Transitions are words or phrases that connect ideas from one unit of text to another.  There provide clear, logical, steps from one point to the next.  Before checking for proper transitions in an essay you should make sure the essay is well organized.  This will help the essay seem coherent, concise and aid in its clarity.    Transitions are used in sentences, paragraphs and large blocks of text.  Between paragraphs the topic sentence of one paragraph should allude to the final sentence of the previous paragraph:


::  Presenting all sides of an event or topic will help keep the article close to the truth.
::  Presenting all sides of an event or topic will help keep the article close to the truth.
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::"ape bite human” and “human bite ape”?  In other words, can an ape create a sentence? (Hacker 35)
::"ape bite human” and “human bite ape”?  In other words, can an ape create a sentence? (Hacker 35)


Transitions help keep the reader reading at a steady pace.  They prevent the reader from having to make unnecessary pauses after every five sentences.
Transitions allow the reader to continue reading at a steady pace.  They prevent the reader from making unnecessary pauses after every five sentences.




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