CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

1. There are many ways to tell a story

   • Most of the time, stories start at the beginning, describing what happened first and then what happened next, and next, and so on until the end.
   • Some stories start in the middle and flash back to the beginning.
   • A few stories actually start at the end and tell the story in reverse.

2. KEEPING TRACK OF TIME: TRANSITIONS

   • Transitional Words and Phrases
     • The transitional words keep the events linked together in chronological order and they sew our paragraphs together, making our writing flow better, connecting one idea to the next.
   • Much of what you read is arranged in chronological order. Newspaper and magazine articles, instructions and procedures, and essays about personal experiences usually use this pattern.