Recent American history informs us that our presidents live in luxurious accommodations both during their tenure in The White Ho
use and afterwards. President Truman is an exception to this idea. Truman was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's vice president, and he became president after FDR died in office in 1945. Roosevelt had lived in The White House for twelve years, during the depression and the war years afterwards. With money so tight, The White House had gone a long time without being updated and, in some cases, properly maintained. Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess had to move to Blair House, the guest house across Pennsylvania Avenue, while The White House was entirely rebuilt from the inside. Which sentence would BEST conclude this paragraph and provide a transition for the next paragraph about an assassination attempt on President Truman? A) Roosevelt had to put the priorities of the country in front of the comfort of those who lived in The White House. B) President Truman's experience on Pennsylvania Avenue was not glamorous, and, in November of 1950, it became dangerous. C) Presidents James Madison and Ronald Reagan also had extensive renovations completed while they lived in The White House. D) In November of 1951, two Puerto Rican, pro-independence fighters tried to kill President Truman and declare war on the US.
B) President Truman's experience on Pennsylvania Avenue was not glamorous, and, in November of 1950, it became dangerous.
Explanation:
Transitions are single words, phrases or sentences that establish a logical connection between sentences and paragraphs. They develop a sense of what is to come later in the content. Transitions maintain a logical flow of ideas and provoke the reader to think and keep reading for new and interesting information.
In the current example, B is the appropriate transition as it conveys to the reader that something substantial is about to happen without mentioning the actual event.
