ACT® · Writing: The Optional Essay and Its Four Domains
Transitions Between and Within Paragraphs
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- How it worksHow does a transition label the relationship between two ideas instead of merely joining them?
- Worked exampleShow me a paragraph whose sentences get reordered until its internal transitions actually hold.
- Common mistakeWhy doesn't sprinkling Furthermore and Moreover count as clarifying a relationship?
- Going furtherWhat happens to a reader when a contrast transition sits between two agreeing sentences?
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The rubric rewards transitions inside a paragraph as well as between paragraphs. In a paragraph of 7 sentences, why does that matter?End of topic.