2015-10-01 Writing: transition signals

Greg Malivuk
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p. 146 - think of (or invent) a terrible restaurant, and complete the outline about why it’s the worst restaurant in town (think of three main reasons with two examples for each)
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p. 146
Transitions for giving main reasons:
First of all,... / Second,... / In addition,... / Finally,...  (+ sentence)
The first reason is… / The second reason is… / Another reason is… / A final reason is…
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p. 148 - transition signals for specific examples
For example,... / For instance,... (+ sentence)
…, such as (+ nouns)

There are many good places to eat. For example, Five Guys has really good hamburgers and fries. Another example is Falafel King… / Another good restaurant is Falafel King, which…

There are many good places to eat, such as Five Guys and Falafel King.
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B  good places to go during your free time
	1  museums
		a  MFA
		b  MoS
	2  shopping
		a  Wrentham
		b  Newbury St.

Another reason to study in Boston is that there are many good places to go during your free time. For example, Boston has a lot of really good museums, such as the MFA and the Museum of Science. You can also go shopping at many different places, such as Wrentham Outlet and Newbury Street.
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p. 150 - transitions for conclusions

For these ___ reasons, Boston is…
Because of ___, Boston is…
Due to ___, Boston is…

In conclusion, Boston is the best place to study English because of ___.
Indeed, Boston is the best…
To sum up,... / In summary,...
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(Even when a writing assignment has multiple paragraphs, there is only one main conclusion.)