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There is a full moon tonight.

Cows are wonderful creatures.

I like ice cream and cheese.

A cow jumped over the moon.

The above sentences are random. They do not connect to each other, and it makes it hard for the reader to understand what is going on.

When you write, you want your sentences to flow one to the other smoothly. You want it to be like water flowing from the tap to fill the bath. You do not want to feel like someone is throwing random buckets of "word" water at you.

To create flow, we use transition words, which can also be called transitions.

They are words or phrases that provide connections between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs.

Here is an example of how transition words can help create good flow:

Cows are wonderful creatures because they provide so much for our society. Many of the popular food products in our stores come from cows. For example, we get beef, milk, cheese, and ice cream from cows. In addition, cows have been the inspiration for literature in our society. Think of the well-know nursery rhyme The Cow Jumped Over the Moon or the cow that Jack sold in Jack and the Beanstalk.

Learn how to use transition words: