Down and Dirty Tips: Narrative and Descriptive Essays: Descriptive Transitions

Helpful Transitional Expressions

Transitional expressions can help tie ideas together and show relationships. They also reveal organization patterns to help your reader follow along.

Try out a few in your paper. Be sure that any transition you use makes logical sense.

Spatial Transitions & Phrases

• here
• above
• beside
• below
• beyond
• further
• there

• inside
• outside
• nearby
• next to
• on the far side
• adjacent to
• opposite to

• to the east
• to the west
• to the north
• to the south
• behind

• in the background
• in the middle ground
• in the foreground
• to the right
• to the left
• on top
• in the middle
• in the bottom