Writing Academic English 4th Edition

TRANSITIONCLAUSE

Toconclude,aggressivedriversareendangeringeveryonebecausethey

createhazardousconditionsbyactinganddrivingfoolishly.Theyshouldcontrol

theirangerandlearntodrivesafely.Afterall,thelivestheysavecouldbetheirown.

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TRANsmONPHRASE

Inadditiontocuttingoffandtailgatingothercars,aggressivedrivers

oftenuserudelanguageorgesturestoshowtheiranger.(+supporting

sentences) _

Althoughlawenforcementauthoritieswarnmotoristsagainst

aggressivedriving,thenumberwhoactouttheirangryimpulseshasnot

declined.(+supportingsentences)

TRANsmONWORDS...

Anotherwayistotailgate^2 theothercar.(+supportingsentences)

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Aggressive·Drivers·..

Thenumberofvehiclesonfreewaysandstreetsisgrowingatanalarming

rate.Thisincreaseofmotorvehiclesiscreatinghazardousconditions.Moreover,

driversarein sucha rushto eirdestinationsthatmanybecomeangry

orimpatientwithothElrm o aretoosloworwhoareintheirway.

Aggressivedriversreact wardothersinseveraldangerousways.

leutoff:driveinfrontof

2 tailgate:drivecloselybehindoronthetailofanothercar

Linkingparagraphswithtransitionshelpsyourreaderseehowthesubtopicsare

related.Linkoneparagraphtothenextbyaddinga transitiontothetopicsentence

ofthesecondparagraph.Thistransitionmaybea singleword,a phrase,ora depend-

entclausethatrepeatsorsummarizesthemainideaintheprecedingparagraph.

Studythefollowingmodel,andnoticehowtheparagraphsarelinked.

BODYPARAGRAPH 4

INTRODUCTORY

PARAGRAPH

BODYPARAGRAPH 3

BODYPARAGRAPH 2

BODYPARAGRAPH 1

CONCLUDINGPARAGRAPH

Paragraph
n-ansitions

TransitionSignalsbetweenParagraphs