Question

pacos teacher has asked him to add a transition in the introduction to his argumentative essay in favor of abolishing tuition at public colleges. (1) today, even many blue - collar, retail, and clerical jobs require applicants to have a college degree. (2) ______, going to college—even a public college—is becoming more and more expensive. (3) whats a student with little money to do? (4) the only way to make higher education accessible to students with low incomes is to abolish tuition at public colleges. which expression should be added to sentence 2 to best clarify the relationships among pacos ideas? ○ additionally ○ although ○ similarly ○ however

Explanation:

To determine the correct transition, we analyze the relationship between sentence 1 and sentence 2. Sentence 1 states that many jobs now require a college degree (implying college is important/necessary), while sentence 2 states that college is becoming more expensive (presenting a contrasting problem).

• "Additionally" is used to add similar ideas, but these ideas are contrasting, so it's incorrect.
• "Although" is a subordinating conjunction and would not fit the structure of the sentence (we need a transitional adverb here).
• "Similarly" is used to show similarity, but the ideas are contrasting, so it's incorrect.
• "However" is used to show a contrast or contradiction between two ideas, which fits the relationship between the idea that college is necessary (from sentence 1) and the idea that college is expensive (from sentence 2).

Answer:

D. However