TRANSITIONS EXERCISE Part I These sentences fit together to form a paragraph, but they are out of order. In the spaces beside the sentences, indicate their correct order by numbering them. For example, in the space beside what should be the first sentence, you would write a 1. (10 points) For example, in a paragraph describing a chicken egg, no transition could bridge the gap created by the inclusion of a sentence concerned with naval losses in the Civil War. If this glue is missing, the paragraph will almost inevitably sound choppy or childish, even if every sentence in it responds to a single topic commitment. These devices lead the reader from sentence to sentence, smoothing over the gaps by indicating the relationship between the sentences. In other words, transitions can call attention to the topic relationships between sentences, but they cannot create those relationships. However, transitions are not substitutes for topic unity: like most glue, they are most effective when joining similar objects, or, in this case, similar ideas. Transitions are the glue that holds a paragraph together. Part II - - Answer the questions. (4 points) 1. Name two transitional words or phrases that appear in the paragraph