Which sentence uses an appropriate transition to contrast ideas?

a.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; likewise, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

b.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; furthermore, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

c.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; in particular, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

d.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; on the contrary, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

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Giancarlo Landry

30 August, 17:21

Which sentence uses an appropriate transition to contrast ideas?

a.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; likewise, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

b.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; furthermore, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

c.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; in particular, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

d.) Movies demand little effort from an audience; on the contrary, audiences often eat, text, and chat during the film.

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Layne Galloway · Answer 1

The answer is the last one, D. All of the other transitions indicate that the writer will either go into further detail on the subject or list other reasons as to why this would be correct. However, D clearly uses a contrasting transition to introduce a new argument.