Transition Strategies: Ask a Question
Description
The author asks a question in the first sentence of the second paragraph to move the reader to a new point.
Published Example
From V.E. Wadsworth, “Julia Morgan: America’s Best Known Woman Architect,” in the August 1988 issue of Cobblestone magazine:
Architect Julia Morgan shunned publicity and sought anonymity. She avoided the press and refused to have her name posted at construction sites. When she retired, she packed away all her blueprints and other architectural papers because she believed that her “buildings should speak for themselves.”
How did this soft-spoken woman become an architect? Born in San Francisco in 1872, Morgan enjoyed a comfortable childhood in which.....
Discussion
The first paragraph gives a brief overview of architect Julia Morgan. In the second paragraph, the author wants to go back in time to introduce how Morgan became an architect. To do this, she poses a question that focuses on the main idea of the new paragraph.