Making Connections – Bonus Practice Activity – Using transitions and making connections among points for clarity.
It is important to show connections between ideas and details. While it is often clear to the writer, the link between two points may not be clear to the reader. It is up to the writer to make the connections absolutely clear. This can be accomplished by using transitions or by writing the “missing link” so the reader can understand your point. The missing link can be a phrase, clause, or sentence.
e.g.: Many parents are working outside the home. Consequently, take-out and convenience foods are popular.
The sentence above implies a connection between working parents and the popularity of take-out or convenience foods; however, it is not clearly stated.
e.g.: Many parents are working outside the home and have less time to cook. Consequently, take-out and convenience foods, which are located near the entrance to most grocery stores, are popular.
Fill in a connecting idea below:
I drank three cups of coffee last night. Consequently, I couldn’t sleep.
I drank 3 cups of coffee last night and had too much of caffeine from it because of that I couldn’t sleep
Young teens see musicians and actors with elaborate tattoos. The young teens want to get tattoos.
Young teens musicians and actors with elaborate tattoos and because of that they want to get tattoo for themselves to look like them
Adding Detail to Support a Topic Sentence
Provide detail to support the following topic sentences. This can be done in point form.
Topic Sentence: Procrastination is the thief of time.
Try to think of 3 (or more) details to help explain the topic sentence. Write them on the lines below.
- if we delay our work it became more difficult to do later also.
- one must do his work on time.
- One must not postponed his work to do it (laterGafni, & Geri, 2010).
Topic Sentence: The first day of college can be confusing and tense.
Try to think of 3 (or more) details to help explain the topic sentence. Write them on the lines below.
- New student in college have no ideaof college regulations and procedures.
- Most of the new student in college still acts like they are in school.
- Most student fear the unknown seniors and also of ragging (Izaguirre, 2008).
Choose one of the two topics above and write a short paragraph using the points you wrote on the lines.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Delaying work and giving reasons to do it later is termed as procrastination(Postponing something despite knowing It’s negative consequences). once in a while it looks good and one should can delay his work but making habit of it can ruin many things. And it has been observed many times that if we delay our work later it became more difficult to do because we lose our pace which we had during earlier time which lead us to our second point much is one must not delay his work unless and until there is a genuine reason for it. doing work on time gives a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment which boosts the overall performance. Procrastination is a Latin word in which pro refers forward and crastinus meaning tomorrow. There is one famous saying about procrastination that it is a graveyard for the opportunities There could be nothing more bad than half finished tasks, how soon, not now, becomes never. A perfect way to put yourself in stress when deadline come. And that leads us to our 3rd point which is one must not delay his work to do it later because later becomes never.
Stop killing time and utilise it to do something good in your life for the betterment of society end humanity
References
Izaguirre, R. (2008). The Relationship Among Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement, and Demographic Characteristics in First-Year Community College Students.
Gafni, R., & Geri, N. (2010). Time Management: Procrastination Tendency in Individual and Collaborative Tasks. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, 5.