Chapter 7: Understanding Paragraphs: Supporting Details and Transitions

          Anything and everything in life requires a procedure, example, facts, reasons; the whole package. This is when transitions come into play and they play a strong role in which we build up our understanding of paragraphs to tie our topic,main idea, and supporting details together. Whenever you being writing its important to understand what you have within your arsenal. Do you have examples, facts or statistics , reasons, descriptions, perhaps even a procedure? This will in fact help to guide you in your understanding of how to develop a paragraph that is focused upon your main idea. Once you have figured it out you can tackle and create a piece that has demonstrated the full potential of your writing ability.
          In addition, once you have figured out how to structure your writing this is when transitions come into play. They are indeed helpful and handy when you want the words to flow smoothly and in unison. Types of transitions are : Time/Sequence, Example, Enumeration, Continuation, Contrast, Comparison, Cause/Effect, and Summation. Each of this transitions are best known for a specific use, some similar then others but nonetheless they are quite helpful when organizing the structure of your paragraph. Paraphrasing is also very important  in which we need  to learn how to word things differently in our own words so that we are not shunned upon for copying someones work. Nevertheless, learning to support yourself, and transition properly,while paraphrasing well will allow you to create the best results whenever you write.