SAT PRACTICE: TRANSITION

Choose the option which establishes the most logical transition between the sentences in
each question below.

Unlike the rigid portraits of the day, Leonardo's A) NO CHANGE

masterpiece depicts a relaxed posture with soft lines. B) On the other hand,
He presents the subject from the front instead of in C) Moreover,
profile. ❶ Nevertheless, the harmony between the D) Alternatively,
woman and the landscape behind her reach a new
level of excellence.

The castles of fairy tales, with their high, narrow A) NO CHANGE

towers, gargoyles, and spires, are more the B) Furthermore,
reflections of nineteenth-century ideas than of the C) Hence,
great stone fortresses of the middle ages. D) In reality,
❷ Regardless, the architecture of medieval castles
centered on one main principle defense.

A poet and an artist, Nero established the Neronia, A) NO CHANGE

an exposition of poetry, art, and athletic games. ❸ B) More notably,
Nevertheless, his rule produced some of the most C) Either way,
awe-inspiring architectural feats in the history of D) In contrast,
Rome.

Blue-light wavelengths from the Sun are the same as A) NO CHANGE

those emitted by artificial sources of light, B) However,
particularly computer screens, televisions, and cell C) Therefore,
phones. ❹ Nevertheless, these devices affect our D) Further,
brains and bodies much the way daylight does.

Later, he returned to Quebec, where he found a A) NO CHANGE

steady job at a hydroelectric dam. Soon after his B) moreover,
employment began, ❺ however, the dam's C) consequently,
employees went on strike. Laliberte took the D) in fact,
opportunity to return to his life as a street performer.
It is also possible that dreams don't serve any A) NO CHANGE
function at all—❻ of course, they're the result of B) that is,
random neurons firing in a way that doesn't occur C) at the same time,
when people are awake. D) in contrast,

While some fish can keep individual body parts, such A) NO CHANGE
as the brain, heart, and muscles, warm, the opah fish B) Therefore,
was found to maintain a temperature higher than that C) Instead,
of the surrounding water throughout its entire body. D) Moreover,
❼ Even so, the opah keeps its body temperature
nearly constant as it descends to the colder depths.

After all, are not our bodies made up of nothing A) NO CHANGE

more than subatomic particles? And, ❽ by B) in contrast,
extension, are not the discoveries of quantum C) according to new research,
physics also discoveries about our very selves? D) as is widely known,

The project will largely make use of previously A) NO CHANGE

developed technology; ❾ ironically, it should be B) nonetheless,
relatively affordable. C) similarly,
D) consequently,

After the war, demand for superhero comics began A) NO CHANGE

to decline, and growing concerns about the B) therefore,
corrupting influence of comic books nearly C) however,
devastated the industry. The 1954 publication of D) for instance,
Seduction of the Innocent by psychiatrist Fredric
Wertham led to Senate hearings investigating the
effects of comics on juvenile delinquency. In
response, publishers developed a Comics Code to
self-regulate the content of comics, effectively
censoring comic artists and writers.
The 1960s, ❿ similarly, saw a revival as Spider Man,
the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and other characters
debuted. These new heroes were more obviously
flawed and more human than most previous heroes.
The character of Wolverine became the prototype
for the antiheroes popularized in the 1980s and
1990s as comics grew darker and more violent. Gritty
comics became the norm, and by 2011 all publishers
had ceased to operate under the Code.