Narrative Transitions

What is a narrative transition?

• Words or phrases that link actions and events

• A paragraph

• A narrative essay

• A sentence that helps the story

What is an example of a narrative transition?

• The dog ran

• He is running

• Later in the day

• Eating

When should you use a narrative transition?

• When actions or events change in the story

• In the middle of the sentence

• At the beginning of every sentence and paragraph

• During the story to make the story stronger

Which transition would best fit in the beginning of the story?

• meanwhile

• In the beginning

• next

• later on

What are transitions in narrative writing used for?

• To confuse the reader

• To connect ideas and events smoothly

• To introduce new characters

• To end the story

Explain all the reasons of the importance of using transitions in your writing.

• Transitions are never used when writing.

• Transitions help you move the story to suit your pacing needs.

• Transitions help you title your writing.

• Transitions help show time passing and make the sequence of events clear.

Which transition would best fit in the middle of the story?

• Lastly

• At first

• To end off

• Meanwhile

Which transition would best fit in the end of the story?

• Finally

• At first

• Suddenly

• Just as

___________ it was raining, I still walked to school.

• After

• Next

• Accordingly

• Although

What type of punctuation can always follows a transitional word or phrase?

• comma

• period

• question mark

• colon