Friday, October 19, 2018

Use Transitions to make your memoir flow

Goal: I used transitional phrases to alert my reader to the passage of time, to connect parts of
the story, to imply cause and effect, to raise questions.


Use the list below to see where your transitions fall on the Columbia Rubric


Like a 6th grader:    If he hadn’t....he might not have..., because of..., although...
or little did she know that


Like a 7th grader:   and suddenly, if only, meanwhile


Like an 8th grader:   and so, thereabouts, whenever, wherever, in spite of

Like a 9th/10th grader:  as when, just as, whereby, without realizing, ever afterward

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