USING TRANSITION DEVICES TO PULL YOUR SENTENCES TOGETHER
Check out the same passage with and without transitions
Under Construction
The Passive Voice as a Transition Device
Nominalizations as Transition Devices
Pronouns and Relative Pronouns as Transition Devices
Logical Connectors and Other Transition Words
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PASSAGE WITHOUT TRANSITION DEVICESGood writing is part art and part science. Furniture making requires technical skills and an aesthetic sence. Furniture making requires years of study to acquire the necessary skills. Some writers become frustrated over the time it takes to develop writing skills. Good writers can make a lot of money, but so can furniture makers.
PASSAGE WITH TRANSITION DEVICESGood writing and fine furniture making are similar. Both are part science and part art, since mastery of either requires technical skills and an aesthetic sense. Each craft requires years to develop, with frustration along the way. However, the craftsperson who has acquired a strong reputation can earn good wages in either field.
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