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A Clear, Logical Organization: Using Transitions

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To help readers track the points of agreement and disagreement, writers of common ground essays rely heavily on transitions that identify similarities and differences in the texts being analyzed.

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Write a few paragraphs analyzing the effectiveness of Samson’s use of transitions to make her analysis clear and easy to follow:

  1. Skim Samson’s essay, circling the transitions she uses to signal similarities and differences between Chua’s and Rosin’s arguments.
  2. Assess how well these transitions work to keep you oriented as you read the essay. What would you change, if anything, to make the essay easier to follow?

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