In texts, signal words are words or phrases that explicitly state the connection between ideas which allows the reader to understand the flow of ideas of the writer. In the case of the text present, the author compares government to a deciding what to eat for dinner this can be seen in the sentences "Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but were outvoted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community" and from this sentence, the signal or transition word is "is similar to" because this explicitly states the relationship between the family and the community or government and establishes an analogy that allows the reader to understand the link between ideas.
