Transitional phrases
What is a transitional phrase?
a way to guide your reader from one thought to the next.
What is this text structure?
my neighbor yelled at me because i broke his window with a baseball.
Cause and effect
What comes after the transitional phrase.
a comma
What Is this text structure?
The Lockheed AC-130 is an American made attack cargo plane is designed to be able to carry 42,000 pounds of cargo and have a assortment of gun systems.
distrivie
Is “in conclusion” a good transitional phrase
no
What is this text structure?
During WWII Germany was low on gas and oil, so they invaded the Soviet Union and robbed them of their supplies.
Problem and solution
What is this text structure?
On June 22 1941, Germany broke the nonaggression with the Soviet Union and started Operation Barbarossa. Late September 1941, the Germans reach Leningrad and Smolensk 200 miles Southwest of Moscow. On December 6 1941, the Soviet Union pushed the Germans back to Moscow.
Order and sequence
What is this text structure?
During the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States both have advanced nuclear weapons in their arsenal. The Soviet‘s arsenal hold over 60,000 nuclear weapons on the other hand the United States only holds 31,000 nuclear weapons in their arsenal.
Compare and contrast