Improving Essay Flow with Transition Words

This video tutorial teaches how to enhance essay flow using transition words. It explains the importance of connecting ideas smoothly to avoid choppiness. The lesson outlines steps to identify areas lacking flow, add transition words, and ensure readability. It emphasizes the need for variety in transitions to maintain reader interest and provides a list of common transition words. The tutorial concludes with a review of the steps to improve essay flow.

Why is it important to have flow in an essay?

• To use more complex vocabulary

• To impress the reader with fancy words

• To make the essay longer

• To ensure the essay is easy to read and understand

What role do transition words play in an essay?

• They make the essay more formal

• They connect ideas and improve readability

• They replace evidence

• They add more content

What should each paragraph in an essay do?

• Use the same transition words

• Cover a different topic

• Be completely independent

• Be as short as possible

What is the first step in improving essay flow?

• Writing longer sentences

• Adding more paragraphs

• Identifying places where the essay jumps from one idea to another

• Using complex words

Where should transition words be placed?

• At the end of the essay

• Between sentences

• At the beginning of the essay

• In the middle of sentences

Which transition word would best fit between these sentences: 'Lunches served aren't healthy. ______, the healthy options are limited.'

• Next

• In contrast

• Additionally

• Finally

Why should you avoid using the same transition word repeatedly?

• It impresses the reader

• It makes the essay longer

• It makes the essay boring and repetitive

• It makes the essay more formal

Which of the following is NOT a transition word or phrase?

• Moreover

• Healthy

• Additionally

• In contrast

What should you do after adding transition words to your essay?

• Reread to ensure the ideas flow smoothly

• Add more paragraphs

• Submit the essay immediately

• Remove some evidence

Which of the following is a more advanced transition phrase?

• Next

• Finally

• In fact

• Another point