Tip #10 Combining Sentences Strategies

These are questions that give linker or trasnition phrases as a selection and then a paragraph. It asks which is the best way to combine senetneces
Example:
The rate of growth in these frew short yewars was phenomnel, leading to job growth and GNP rates never seen before. The poverty rate also rose and inequality soared.

A. Thereofre
B. Similarly,
C. Yet
D, As an example,

Since yet represents a contrast from the positive indications of the first sentences to the negative result, we need a contrast linker and 'yet' is the only one there

Strtegies
•Determine relationship between sentences
–Add,  Explain, Contrast, Conclude
•Deduct obvious
•Ask yourself - Do the sentences in the answer selection ….
–Add (i.e. and, along with ….etc)?
–Explain (i.e. because, since….etc)?
–Contrast (i.e. but, although, while…etc)?
–Conclude (i.e. therefore, so, ….etc)?