Function of Transition Example of Transition
Agreement/Addition
Purpose of Transition
Reinforce ideas and agree
with what has already been
stated.
Not only...but also.
On the other hand...
Opposition/Contradiction Signal a change in what has
already been stated, so point
out evidence to the contrary
or alternative ideas.
Examples/emphasis/support Introduce examples or
support in writing.
Time/Sequence
Show the order in which
events occurred or describe
the time or duration.
In other words...
Eventually...
Cause/Effect
Show the reason for an action Because...
and the subsequent result of
that action.
Conclusion
End, summarize, or restate
ideas
On the whole...

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

(the black cat poem) where does the writer fail to support her points with evidence? what evidence from the story would you suggest adding to support these points?

Read the lines from "there was a child went forth" and answer the question. and the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the fruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; and the old drunkard staggering home from the out-house of the tavern, whence he had lately risen, and the school-mistress that pass'd on her way to the school, and the friendly boys that pass'd—and the quarrelsome boys, and the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, and all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. which poetic device is exemplified in this stanza? select all that apply. allegory anaphora imagery metaphor