Action Verbs

WHEN POSSIBLE, SELECT ACTION (ACTIVE)

VERBS RATHER THAN PASSIVE VERBS THAT
SHOW A STATE OF BEING.
 FOR EXAMPLE

#1
PASSIVE:
-MARY REACHED THE CONCLUSSION THAT TOM
WAS GUILTY
REVISION:
-MARY CONCLUDED THAT TOM WAS GUILTY

#2
STATE OF BEING:
-THE RECORD KEEPER IS STEVE JONES.
REVISION:
-STEVE JONES KEEPS THE RECORDS.
 Transitions

•T R A N S I T I O N A L W O R D S A N D P H R A S E S C O N N E C T
SENTENCES AND ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE SUBJECTS OF THE SENTENCE.

•T R A N S I T I O N S A R E I M P O R T A N T B E C A U S E T H E Y
GUIDE THE READER AND MAKE THE WRITING
COHESIVE.
 FOR EXAMPLE:

No Transition:
-The Statute requires that fences exceeding 5 feet in
height must be located no closer than 1- feet from the
property line. Your fence will be 6 feet high; you must
build it at least 10 feet from the property line.

With transition – transitions in italics:

-The statute requires that fences exceeding 5 feet in height
must be located no closer than 10 feet from the property
line. Therefore, because your fence will exceed 5 feet, you
must locate it at least 10 feet from the property line.
The following are examples of transitional words
and phrases
 However  Even so  But  Still
 Furthermore  Nevertheless  So  And
 On the other
 Although  Simply put  For hand
 Conversely  Moreover  That is  In other words
 Contrary to  Above all  Clearly  More
importantly
 Initially  Meanwhile  Finally
 All the same
 Specifically  Therefore  Thus  Consequently
 Arguably  In contrast  Instead  To illustrate
 Likewise  Allegedly  Unlike  Subsequently
 Undoubtedly  In addition  Likewise  In conclusion
 Without
 In summary  nonetheless  since question