WRITING FOR DUMMIES

TRANSITIONS:

Some examples of transitions:

TO OFFER EVIDENCE:

• Most important,
• For example,
• For instance,
• To illustrate,
• In this case,

TO INTRODUCE AN INTERPRERATION

• Therefore,
• For these reasons,
• Consequently,
• Furthermore,
• In addition,

TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

• Although,
• Even though,
• Instead,
• On the other hand
• On the contrary,

TO ADD INFORMATION

• Additionally,
• In addition,
• For example,
• For instance,
• Likewise,

TO CLARIFY

• In other words,
• For instance,
• That is,
• Put another way,

TO CONCLUDE:

• As a result,
• Therefore,
• Thus,
• Finally,

PROVIDING SUPPORT

• Direct quotes,
• Paraphrasing,
• Embedded quotations,
• TLQC

A DIRECT QUOTE SHOULD NOT...

• Contain a simple idea,
• Repeat an idea,
• Stand alone,
• Be lengthy,

A DIRECT QUOTE SHOULD...

• Contain a complex idea,
• Add another layer of depth
• Be smoothly embedded,
• Be short

Paraphrasing: A piece of text re-worded to achieve greater clarity.

Embedded quotation: A quote that is worked into a sentence; an exact quote that contains the page number.

T.L.Q.C.

• Transition
• Lead-in
• Quote
• Citation

Transition:
Use a bridge to link and strengthen cohesion and fluency.

Lead-In:
Use to set the context for the information in the quote.

Quote:
Use ideas from a credible source to strengthen your ideas.

Citation:
Include the authors last name and page number to give credit to the author.

HAIKU DECK POSITIVES

• You can insert your own pictures.
• There are cool pictures within the app.

HAIKU DECK NEGATIVES

• You can add minimal information on a slide.
• You can't work on it together.
• There are limited formats.
• There aren't many fonts.
• Not a lot of creative things you can do with the slides.

THE TREVOR SLIDE

• Over the summer went to New York
• Play baseball and baseball is life
• My birthday is in August
• I have 2 cats,5 hermit crabs,1gecko and used to have a snake and a dog.

THE JULIANA SLIDE

• I do gymnastics and my level is Xcel Gold.
• Birthday is in August.
• I have 1 sister.
• I have 2 Fish.
• (I also drew all of the pictures on the presentation😀)
• Favorite color is blue.

THE VICTOR SLIDE

• I was born on July 4th
• Over the summer I sat on a cactus in Utah
• My skill is being sarcastic
• I have 1 sister