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 (suggesting college is important/necessary), while sentence 2 states that college is becoming more expensive (presenting a contrasting challenge).

• "Additionally" implies adding similar information, but the ideas here contrast, so this is incorrect.
• "Although" is a subordinating conjunction that would require a different sentence structure (e.g., "Although going to college..."), and it doesn't fit the context of contrasting the two independent - idea - flow here as well as "However".
• "Similarly" implies the ideas are alike, but they are contrasting, so this is incorrect.
• "However" is used to show a contrast or contradiction between two ideas. It fits well here as it contrasts the need for college (from sentence 1) with the rising cost of college (from sentence 2).

Answer:

D. However