Jay's Sample Spiderman Paragraph - Step by Step

 In class, I have handed out a Spiderman comic strip. You are to analyze the conflict through the five panels of the story. I want you to recount the events in a narrative paragraph. In your Spiderman narrative, I want you to practice developing a coherent paragraph through the use of effective transitions. Feel free to use the ones you find in your textbook charts, or don’t hesitate to use the chart I pass out in class. Please make your choices based on the need of the sentence: time, space, comparison, contrast, example, focus ( to be more specific), causes and/or effects, summary, conclusion, etc. 

Here is mine:

Spiderman Transition Exercise:

1. 1.  In a battle for control of the city, the Vulture has apparently disposed of Spiderman.
   2. After all, it looks as if the Vulture has trapped Spiderman inside a water tank with no way out.

Panel #1:  With Spiderman out of the way, the Vulture now thinks he has free reign to carry out his master plan.

Panel #2:  Indeed, the situation looks bad.  Spiderman  is alive, but there seems little he could do to stop the Vulture

Panel #3:   However, that doesn’t stop him from trying.

Panel #4:   Certainly, he knows if he doesn’t think of something quick, he is going to die in there.

Panel #5:  In other words, this time the mighty Spiderman to win, he  will have to rely on his brain power, not his physical attributes.

In conclusion, the true strength of a superhero is in the mind.  Spiderman’s only chance  here is to utilize his mind against the forces of evil.  His city depends  on his ability to figure a way out of that tank. 

When I put it all together, this is how my paragraph looks: 

In a battle for control of the city, the Vulture has apparently disposed of Spiderman.  After all, it looks as if the Vulture has trapped Spiderman inside a water tank with no way out. With Spiderman out of the way, the Vulture now thinks he has free reign to carry out his master plan.  Indeed, the situation looks bad.  Spiderman  is alive, but there seems little he could do to stop the Vulture However, that doesn’t stop him from trying. Certainly, he knows if he doesn’t think of something quick, he is going to die in there.In other words, this time the mighty Spiderman to win, he  will have to rely on his brain power, not his physical attributes.  In my opinion, the true strength of a superhero is in the mind.  Spiderman’s only chance  here is to utilize his mind against the forces of evil.  His city depends  on his ability to figure a way out of that tank.