Transition words and phrases in a paragraph

1. connect paragraphs to communicate one main idea.
2. connect ideas in the paragraph together.
3. hold the paragraph together to reflect the thesis.
4. hold the paragraph together if the focus changes.

The correct answer is 2. Connect ideas in the paragraph together

Explanation:

In writing, transition words and phrases refer to a word or set of words used to establish a connection between words, clauses, sentences and even paragraph in a text, this includes words and phrases such as however, on the other hand, additionally, to begin with, or to sum up that establish different relations between ideas and guide the reader to understand the way ideas are connected. At the paragraph level, transition words are necessary because they connect the ideas including the topic sentence, supporting details and concluding sentence that serves to support the main idea in a text. Therefore, transition words and phrases in a paragraph mainly connect ideas in a paragraph together.

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.