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Paragraph Transition - a sentence or unique paragraph that helps the reader move from one paragraph to the next, or from one idea to another.

A transition is the first sentence of a new paragraph.

Occasionally, the last sentence of the prior paragraph acts as the transition.

When a writer wants to transition link two substantial paragraphs, they can use a standalone transitional paragraph.

How to Transition Between Paragraphs

Understanding why we use paragraph transitions in the first place is obviously important, but learning how to effectively employ good transitions in your writing can sometimes come only through practice.

Outline your piece. Using an outline is vital to improving your writing process and should generally come before you start writing your piece. Outlining is important when you are working on transitional expressions and transition sentences because outlines give you a macro view of your piece as a whole, with signposts indicating the main ideas of each paragraph. Referring back to your outline can help you brainstorm types of transitions that set the stage for what’s to come and help your ideas flow.

Identify the subject of each paragraph. Once you’ve consulted your outline, it’s time to hone in on the main ideas of the paragraphs on either side of your transition. A good transition will have something to say about both the preceding paragraph and the new paragraph.

Track the overall arc of your piece. Transitions link two specific paragraphs, but make sure you have an eye on the overall arc of your essay. If you have a good sense of the bigger picture you can use your transitions to set up information that is still to come, beyond the next paragraph.

Brainstorm good transitional words. Transitional phrases often have similar word choice and style. Linking words and conjunctive adverbs are often used in paragraph transitions because they help establish the relationship between two separate ideas. Words like “therefore,” “nevertheless,” “although,” and “namely” quickly sum up how one idea relates to the next. Effective transition words keep your reader hooked into your piece.

Consider cause and effect. It’s not enough to simply link two subjects; transitional sentences should also effectively demonstrate how these ideas build on each other. This is especially true in academic writing or persuasive essay writing. It’s your job to convince your reader that you have built a coherent argument for your main thesis statement. Transition sentences can help show readers how your ideas build on each other and conceptually link one entire paragraph to the paragraph that follows.

Pay attention to style. The way that you transition between paragraphs and the types of transitions you use will depend on what type of piece you are writing. If you’re writing a high school- or college-level academic essay, you’ll probably want to avoid overly colloquial transitions. If you’re writing a personal essay or lighthearted humor piece, you should choose transitions that complement the voice of the piece.

Review your transition sentences separate from your piece. Once you’ve finished your piece, it’s useful to take a look at all your transitions out of context to make sure that you haven’t overused certain constructions or repeated word choice. Looking at a list of your transitions can also give you a good roadmap for the overall shape of your essay and can help you decide if you’ve built a cohesive piece of writing.

*ׅ⏝ֵֵֵׅׅׅׅ۪۪۪۪࣪͠︶ ׂ ִ ܇ 𓋥⃘⵿۪۪۪۪۪۪̫ ⃘︢֟፝𝗜⃘︣֟፝ ⃘⵿۪۪۪۪۪۪𓋥̫ ܆ ִ ׂ ︶ֵֵׅׅׅ۪۪۪۪࣪͠⏝ׅ*

*🧺️ᩧ̶ ׄ* ׅ *𝗰ׄ𖹭ꭑׅ𝗯ᦅ ׄ ❁ ׅ ᦋꪱᩧ᥎𝗲ֺɑωׅᥝ𝘆 ׄ* ׅ *ೇ*

*ׅ ⿸᳟̫፝֩֠ ׄ ꒰* 𝓙𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 *꒱ ׄ ᭬🦪ᰳ ᩨ ׅ ✿*

*ׄ ࿚࿙ ִ ׄ ࿚࿙ ✿ ࿚࿙ ׄ ㅤׅ ࿚࿙ ׄׄ*

*〖֟፝ ׄㅤׅ ⋱╭━⃓🄿⃓⵿፝֟͞🅄⃓⵿፝֟͞🅁⃓⵿֟፝͞🄿⃓⵿፝֟͞🄻⃓⵿፝֟͞🄴⃓⃓━╮⋰ ׅㅤׄ ֟፝〗*

        ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ   

*ׅ ׄ ೣ💜ꨩꨪ᪶ ׅ ׄ ೣ🦠ꨩꨪ᪶ ׅ ׄ ೣ⚗️ꨩꨪ᪶ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ೣ🎠ꨪꨩ᪶ ׅ ׄ ೣ🪻ꨩꨪ ׅ ׄ ೣ🔖ꨩꨪ ᪶ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ೣ👚ꨩꨪ᪶ ׅ ׄ ೣ🎩ꨩꨪ᪶ ׅ ׄ ೣ👙ꨪꨩ᪶ ׄ ׅ*

ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ

*፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜𑄟⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶*

*〖֟፝ ׄㅤׅ ⋱ ╭━⃓⃓🄱⃓⵿፝֟͞🄻⃓⵿֟፝͞🅄⃓⵿፝֟͞🄴⃓━╮ ⋰ ׅㅤׄ ֟፝〗*

        ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ      

*ׅ ׄ ೈ🇪🇺ᩨᩨᩨᩨᩨֵ̫̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ🥌ᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ🪮ᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ೈ🧿ᩨᩨᩨᩨֵ̫̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ🫐ᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ🐠ᩨᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ೈ💤ᩨᩨᩨᩨֵ̫̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ⚒️ᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׅ ׄ ೈ🏓ᩨᩨᩨֵ̈̈ ׄ ׅ*

ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ

*፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜𑄟⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶*

*〖֟፝ ׄㅤׅ ⋱ ╭━⃓⃓🄱⃓⵿፝֟͞🄻⃓⵿֟፝͞🅄⃓⵿፝֟͞🄴⃓━╮ ⋰ ׅㅤׄ ֟፝〗*

*I N D I F F E R E N T S H A D E S*

        ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ

*ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🪼ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🌊ᮢᮢᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🔮ᮢᮢᮬ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🐋ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🩵ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝❄️ᮢᮬ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🧼ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🎐ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🍶ᮢᮬ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🫗ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝👛ᮢᮬ ׅ ׄ ُ̫֩֠፝🎫ᮢᮬ ׄ ׅ*

ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ

*፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜𑄟⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶*

*〖֟፝ ׄㅤׅ ⋱ ╭━⃓⃓🄶⃓⵿፝֟͞🅁⃓⵿፝֟͞🄴⃓⵿፝֟͞🄴⃓⵿፝֟͞🄽⃓━╮ ⋰ ׅㅤׄ ֟፝〗*

ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ      

*ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦🍏ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦💚ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮 𝅦📗ᮢꨵ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦🌿ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦⛺ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮 𝅦🍃ᮢꨵ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦🍀ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦🐛ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮 𝅦🥦ᮢꨵ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦 🌵ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦 🐲ᮢᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮 𝅦🎄ᮢꨵ ׄ ׅ*

*ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦 🍋‍🟩ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮𝅦 🧃ᮢꨵ ׅ ׄ 𝅮 𝅦🎾ᮢꨵ ׄ ׅ*

ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ ݄ ֺ ׅ ݃ ׅ ֺ

*፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜𑄟⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶ ⏜ ፝֟⁞⁞᪶፝֟ ᪶*

⋱⋮⋰ 𝅦 ִ *`𝐄 𝐋 𝐑 𝐈 𝐀`* *╭ׅ┈┉┈ׄ╮*

*╰ׅ┈┉┈ׄ╯ ᵍⁱᵛᵉ ᶜʳᵉᵈⁱᵗˢ ʷʰⁱˡᵉ ᵘˢⁱⁿᵍ ׅ ꒱꒱*

and matt is disoriented and everyone's pushing and nudging him and he hears foggy on the couch and just sits in his lap cause nobody's paying attention and he's very overwhelmed PLUS it doesnt feel too bad.

When love is healthy, mistakes don’t mean failure—they mean learning, repairing, and growing. You’re valued as a person, not evaluated like an exam.

"Snape bullied kids!"

And Minerva (And other professors) did too but you completely ignore them and focus on your prejudices with Severus. The fact that Severus threatened Neville into poisoning his toad and Minerva literally locked out a child from the Gryffindor common room when apparently there's a mass murderer inside of Hogwarts shows a huge difference. You justify Minerva's actions because you either like her or you don't hate her as much as you do with Severus.

Severus says Hermione is a know-it-all and Minerva degraded (and publicly humiliated) Neville saying that he'll never be able to transfigure a teapot.

Then here we have Hagrid disfiguring a child and insults his appearance because he hates his dad.

And the difference is, Severus would never disfigure a kid.

Madam Pince literally hexed Ginny and Harry's things. Mcgonagall sent four children into the forbidden forest with HAGRID, she knew what she was doing when she sent them with Hagrid. If Neville did that? He would serve detention with her.

She bent the "First Years aren’t allowed their own Broomsticks" for HARRY. That's favouritism and that's all because Slytherin was dominating the House Cup. Would Severus bend the "First Years aren’t allowed their own Broomsticks" for Draco just because he wants a medal sticking in his office? No.

Minerva let Severus bully the Golden Trio (Primarily Harry) through Years 1-6, why did she let that happen? Why didn't she tell her colleague off? Well, that would be hypocritical considering she also does that.

In Year 7, she allows DEs to torture students.

She was mad at Fake Professor Moody because he transfigured a student and not the fact that he was repeatedly banged a students head on the ground.

Minerva is just as bad as Severus, she gave them harsh punishments but you guys look in deep in Harry's biased point of view that you guys think Minerva is just strict and Severus bullied children.

And if Minerva was just "strict" to Harry, imagine what she did with other students? She practically bullied them.

Haha... But no. We should just look at Severus because he's the bad guy and not because the wizarding world's punishments are completely different from real life / muggle views. These type of stuff are normal (and controversial) in the wizarding world. SEVERUS WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON TO DO THIS.

Everyone did this as a professor, it's normal in the wizarding world. This is not to justify Severus's actions, but if you hate Severus and like other professors... Then you're a hypocritical person.

"Severus became a DE!"

He was in Slytherin, he was influenced by the Pure-Blood obsession that people in his house had. He simply became a DE because he was a curious child who wanted to learn about the dark arts.

Did Severus torture or kill people like death eaters like Barty and Bellatrix did? Haha...

To put my last post about this in summary:

Severus was neglected by his parents (And heavily implied that he was also abused), gets bullied by two boys resulting in 4v1 (This was because he wanted to go to Slytherin. He sneered back and James & Sirius wanted to bully Severus because they were two spoilt brats who cannot let "Snivellus" sneer back since they'll never get used to someone sneering at them [Since they always get away with it] They come from two rich pure-blood families, what did you expect?), almost gets killed and Remus nor Sirius gets any consequences about it, his life is worth a detention to Dumbledore. James flexes to Lily that he saved Severus's life (With a modified version of the prank since she'll know about Sirius were primarily involved in a negative way and it's his best friend right?) and Lily, his apparent best friend, BELIEVES HIS BULLY OVER HIM. This is what you call the only positive thing in his life? If this is what you call the only positive thing in his life, then his life is fucked up. Lily holding her smile and blushing while James does horrible things to her best friend, gets surprised and furious when Severus calls her a mudblood, then his private part being showed to the whole school.

I would be heavily embarrassed if I were Severus, no, I would honestly cry and drop out.

Severus got manipulated and heavily influenced by rich, pure-blooded Slytherins because he was given the respect that he never got in his life, he was influenced to have prejudiced thoughts when he never had those thoughts when Lily got her letter, infact, he comforted her. That says A LOT about this. Severus was invited into that DE cult because he wanted more of that respect—more of that power—more of the fame. He just wanted to feel respected. Because that was what he was not given at Hogwarts.

"Snape deserved the bullying, he bullied the Marauders in the train. / Someone had to do it."

Who threw the first direct insult? Sirius. Who threw the first indirect insult? James. What did Severus do? Sneer back. Did he deserve those years of bullying? No.

You literally take references from ATYD and other #severussnapeslander Wolfstar, Jily, Rosekiller, and Jegulus fics from AO3. Don't act like Sirius and James aren't worse.

When did he deserve to almost die? When did he deserve to get bullied every single day? When did he deserve to get sexually harassed?

How would you feel if it was you?

How would you feel if the people who bullied you were painted as heroes?

People who sexually assaulted and almost killed you?

The lack of empathy from Mstans just prove that they are vicious bullies bullying an eleven year old and calling the kid derogatory names doesn't make you less of an evil person as Severus is.

At least have the respect to call him by his last name.

"James and Draco aren't similar! James is better than Draco."

James literally sounds like the worst version of Draco Malfoy.

┌── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┐

"Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" - Draco Malfoy, Philosopher's Stone.

"Who wants to be in Slytherin? I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" - James Potter, Deathly Hallows.

- Laughs at a muggle woman getting SA'd in Quidditch world cup, finds it funny, and makes a joke of Hermione getting SA'd. -

“Granger, they’re after Muggles,” said Malfoy. “D’you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around . . . they’re moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh.”

- Sexually assaults Severus and finds it funny, uses it to impress Lily. -

There was another flash of light, and Snape was once again hanging upside-down in the air.

'Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?'

— Both are rich purebloods —

- Draco saves Harry to make sure his family doesn't get in trouble -

"There's something there," he whispered. "it could be the scar, stretched tight.... Draco, come here, look properly! What do you think?"

Harry saw Draco's face up close now, right beside his father's.

"I don't know," he said, and he walked away toward the fireplace where his mother stood watching.

- James saves Severus to make sure his friends doesn't get in trouble -

└── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──┘

We aren't even talking about James and Draco being bullies who have no empathy for their victims, sure, James isn't just one-dimensional and Draco is morally grey, but James was just caring around his friends, other than that? Not so much. He was stuck with his friendgroup being sycophants (Sirius because James loved him as a brother, Remus who didn't want to speak up about the bullying because James and Sirius picked him up even if he was a poor half-blood, and Peter who wants to fit in.) Draco was stuck with Slytherins being sycophants because he was a rich, high status pure-blood with friends he made as slaves.

Both were spoiled, arrogant, attention-hungry, and self-entitled, traits common among children of their background. Draco would bully the kind of people James befriended, while James would bully the kind of people Draco associated with.

"Snivellus—"

If you're fine with calling Severus a derogatory name, you must be fine calling Luna "Loony" as well.

"Severus called Lily a mudblood."

Severus was a mudblood as well, you wouldn't care if people–of–colour use the N-word on others but you care if Severus does?

Severus also said that in the heat of moment, his best friend did literally NOTHING for the minutes of time he was getting assaulted and she was a prefect.

He said that for masculinity.

Lily didn't do anything for the period of while he was getting assaulted, instead, she held her smile.

Severus would've casted an unforgivable to James or Sirius or anyone who would've done that to Lily, but Lily did the opposite.

Instead, she stood there, blushing.

Severus apologized to her numerous of times, probably not even knowing what his best friend did.

Not justifiable, but still a very good argument.

"Lily was a good friend."

You call LILY a good friend? The one who would believe her best friend's bully over her best friend? The one who would laugh and blush while her best friend gets physically assaulted? The one who watched her best friend get assaulted AND she was a prefect.

Lily was NOT a good friend, she was a terrible one. I also will always held on that Lily secretly waited for the Mudblood incident to drop Severus off, you know, since Severus was a weirdo.

“They don’t use Dark Magic, though.” She dropped her voice. “And you’re being really ungrateful. I heard what happened the other night. You went sneaking down that tunnel by the Whomping Willow, and James Potter saved you from whatever’s down there—”

They don't use dark magic? It doesn't stop them from bullying kids. She doesn't even know the whole story and yet, she is judging.

- She lashes out on Severus instead of her sister -

"I don’t want to talk to you-" she said in a constricted voice. "Why not?" "Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumbledore.”

It's basically Severus's fault because they got the letter and Petunia didn't? She blames Severus for getting the letter and not her sister for her jealousy?

Lily, whose furious expression had twiched for an instant as though she was going to smile said - let him down!

Ah... Yes, let's watch our best friend get assaulted infront of the whole school and let them be. That's a very nice best friend.

Now tell me, where was she a good friend? She was not an angel, she was terrible.

She also blames Severus for having Evan, Mulciber II, Avery, Wilkes, Rodolphus, and possibly having Narcissa, Lucius, Rabastan, and Regulus as well. Did she expect that she would only be Severus's friend considering he's in a house full of pure-bloods? It was an unspoken rule in Slytherin to basically have pure-blood friends. She doesn't get that, she doesn't understand him, because he is evil in her eyes.

She doesn't get the points that Severus makes, because Severus was already bad in her eyes.

He had questionable company, sure, but Severus wanted companions too like she did with other Gryffindors, so why can't he have friends in his house. She's friends with Gryffindors who basically despise him.

So if he was friends with people that would've called her a mudblood and she didn't like it, why is she inlove with a Gryffindor who bullied Severus anytime he got?

Severus called Lily a mudblood because he was being humiliated infront of the whole school, he didn't want her to see him being weak, so he lashed out.

He was a Slytherin, pretty common by now that his banquet of friends used that word pretty often, and there you have it. Severus never meant to hurt Lily, but it did slip out of his tongue.

Not justifying his actions here (Pretty obvious by my wording) but Lily was NOT innocent in terms here.

"Snape was obsessed with Lily."

Ahh... Yes. Severus was the one who forced Lily to go out with him, Severus was the person to bully her best friend, Severus told her to go out with him and he wouldn't bully his best friend anymore.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Because it's not him.

Severus grieved Lily the way Sirius grieved James, yet you don't call Sirius obsessed because he loved James as a brother, Severus's love for Lily was never proved to be romantic.

Aha! Now I made you think.

The same patronus means true love—not obsession. He stayed away from her marriage but still loved her from afar, when he realized the information he gave Voldemort could harm Lily, he offered his life to Dumbledore. He even asked Dumbledore to save James for the sake of Lily.

Sirius would've done the same for James.

After Lily's death, he was devastated, he wished he were dead, he became spy for Dumbledore, and all of that.

Severus and Lily were childhood best friends; Lily was Severus's only "true" friend.

His patronus was a doe, pure light magic (Hence most DEs can't perform a patronus). It wouldn't be affected by obsession.

I don't get why some people think Severus was purely obsessed with Lily, because there will always be a special person in someone's heart and Lily just happens to be Severus's special person.

Even Sirius and Remus who were capable of making such lies about Severus in order to hide everything from Harry, didn't say nothing about Severus stalking Lily or tried to persue her.

She dies and he feels suicidal.

Why do people think this is obsession? Severus had no one, the reason why Sirius could hold himself before he died is because he wanted to take care of Harry, to love him like he loved James. Severus couldn't because he's a death eater and he couldn't love himself, how can he love Harry when Harry looks exactly like his bully. And Severus can't take care of Harry legally anyway, Sirius could because he is his godson.

If Severus was obsessed with Lily, then Harry was obsessed with his dead dad : /

JK. Rowling even said that he wasn't obsessed, how are people so pressed about it?

I just don't get it, why would JK. Rowling write Severus's obsession with Lily and offering his whole life just to have s*x with her everyday on a CHILDREN'S BOOK?

Meanwhile James: - Doodled her initials in his OWL paper, publicly humiliated her friend just to make him look bad in front of her, tried to blackmail Lily into dating him, threatened to hex her and had a map that literally tracked down everybody's (including Lily's) movements. -

"Severus made sure Remus was gone from Hogwarts."

Yes after Remus endangered three children, he already got away with it the first time, he shouldn't in another time.

Remus was completely irresponsible and forgot to take Wolfsbane, sure, he was a good DADA professor, but almost killing three children?

I don't think the Grangers nor Weasleys would want to hear about this.

Thank you for reading my paragraphs of how stupid Mstans can be.

Not everything is about defending Severus, but the double standards are crazy...

Yes, Severus told the prophecy, bullied children, etc. But he's a two-dimensional character who saved the Wizarding World, if Severus didn't apologize to Lily, you'd attack him too.

So... Stop using ATYD references and start adding braincells in your head.

Have a great day! 😓

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