Fill in the Blanks Information Transfer for ESL: Fill-in-the-BlanksOnline version Info transfer activity for ESL learners. by Nabihah Azrin 1 , study how signal words help readers follow ideas in a paragraph . They show order , contrast , or cause , guiding the flow from one sentence to the next . , use transition markers to connect ideas smoothly across sentences . If a point contrasts another , , switch to the opposite idea with a contrasting word . When a result is clear , use a concluding phrase to explain the effect . Writers may also use to link actions to outcomes , and summarize the main idea .