1. Essay Transitions JL Ilsley High School The Book of Negroes – Essay Writing

2. Why include transitions? Transition words and phrases help establish clear connections between ideas and ensure that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read. Transition words and phrases help establish clear connections between ideas and ensure that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making them easier to read. Transitions between paragraphs can be tricky to write; they may need to be inserted after the first draft has been completed. Transitions between paragraphs can be tricky to write; they may need to be inserted after the first draft has been completed.

3. Example – Transition from Thesis to Body …Aminata’s recollections as an old woman reflect a life filled with tragedy and triumph. Our first glimpse of Aminata’s early years indicate an idyllic childhood filled with love, learning and hard work…

4. Example – Transition between Paragraphs …Aminata’s quick wit and literacy are what drew Solomon Lindo to her, and his purchase of her saved her from untold horrors on Appleby’s plantation. …While in Solomon Lindo’s employ in Charlestown, Aminata gained more reading skills and also learned bookkeeping and business skills….

5. Transition to Quotations It is also important that you transition into the quotations in your essay. If you just “parachute” quotations into your writing, it can be jarring and confusing for your reader. It is also important that you transition into the quotations in your essay. If you just “parachute” quotations into your writing, it can be jarring and confusing for your reader. Generally speaking, quotes should be set up, and then explained. Generally speaking, quotes should be set up, and then explained.

6. Example Aminata offers a stern warning to fellow Africans at the beginning of The Book of Negroes: “Let me begin with a caveat to any and all who find these pages. Do not trust large bodies of water, and do not cross them.” (7) From there she begins to tell us of her harrowing journey through the Middle Passage and back again.

7. Example – Transitioning between Quotations In America, Aminata finds people who look like her, but do not share her history. She meets an American-born slave who speaks Maninka, a language similar to Bamanankan, and asks him what is happening to her. “You were taken from Africa to work for the toubabu”(121) he tells her. “Africa,” she says, “What is that?” (121) This is the first time she hears herself referred to as “African”, a term that means nothing to this free-born Muslim girl from Bayo.

8. Transitional Words and Phrases The JL Ilsley Literacy Handbook has a page of transitional words and phrases that might be of use to you. The JL Ilsley Literacy Handbook has a page of transitional words and phrases that might be of use to you. JL Ilsley Handbook - Transitions JL Ilsley Handbook - Transitions JL Ilsley Handbook - Transitions JL Ilsley Handbook - Transitions