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1. Complete body of paper with transitions and transitional phrases. Highlight them.
2. Write a brief summary of the main points of your paper (like my example) and put it right before your conclusion. Highlight it.
3. Choose an introduction strategy:
4. At writershelp, do the exercises on introductions. By the time you have finished them, you will see many options for introductions with thesis statements.This exercise is under "Placing the thesis statement in the introduction" and is entitled "Exercise: Introductions."
5. Write your introduction and put it on your paper. Of course, I will be happy to review anyone's intro if you send it via email.
6. Now read conclusions at writershelp. I will post specifics of what to read later.
7. Write your conclusion to the paper.
8. I will later post a link here for the poetry quiz. Complete the quiz.
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Common Transitions:
TO SHOW ADDITION and, also, besides, further, furthermore, in addition,
moreover, next, too, first, second
TO GIVE EXAMPLES for example, for instance, to illustrate, in fact, specifically
TO COMPARE also, in the same manner, similarly, likewise
TO CONTRAST but, however, on the other hand, in contrast, nevertheless, still,
even though, on the contrary, yet, although
TO SUMMARIZE OR CONCLUDE in other words, in short, in summary, in
conclusion, to sum up, that is, therefore
TO SHOW TIME after, as, before, next, during, later, finally, meanwhile, since,
then, when, while, immediately
TO SHOW PLACE OR DIRECTION above, below, beyond, farther on, nearby,
opposite, close, to the left
TO INDICATE LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP if, so, therefore, consequently, thus, as a
result, for this reason, because, since
Transitional phrases
after all
even so
in fact
as a matter of fact
for example
in other words
as a result
for instance
in the first place
at any rate
in addition
on the contrary
at the same time
in conclusion
on the other hand
