Sequence Signals Flashcards
These indicates the sequence or order of actions, ideas, or events.
Sequence Signals
What are the two terms for Sequence Signals?
Time Order Words or Sequential Transition Words
It is the order in which things happen.
Sequence
What are the four types of Sequence Signals?
Beginning, Middle, Interruption, and Ending
This is a signal word used in Beginning wherein it signals an event at the beginning of a story including a long story.
At the beginning
This is a signal word used in Beginning that signals an initial state of something that may change later in the story such as a person’s attitude.
Initially
This is a signal word used in Beginning wherein it signals the first thing someone did in a story or the first step in a multi-step procedure.
First
This is a signal word used in Beginning to signal the first step in a multi-step procedure.
To begin
This is a signal word in Middle that signals the next event in the story.
Then
This is a signal word in Middle that signals an event that overlapped in time with the previous event described.
Meanwhile
This is a signal word in Middle that signals that the next event occurred after a lapse of time.
Later
This is a signal word used in Middle after “first” to signal the second step in a procedure.
Second
This is a signal word in Middle used after “first” and “second” to signal the third step in procedure.
Third
This is a signal word in Interruption that signals an unexpectedly event.
Suddenly
This is a signal word in Interruption that signals an unexpected event.
All of a sudden
