What is the function of transition words?
a. to introduce formal text
b. to join together phrases within a clause
c. to move the reader smoothly from one point to the next
d. to force a reader to stop and consider the topic sentence

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

from the count of monte cristo there are two synonyms of the word “grotto”. these words are chamber and cavern.