Explanation: Although is the best fitting transitional word that is suitable for the blank in the sentence. Although as a transitional word is used to link other words, phrases or sentences, building coherent relationships in written or spoken texts; in this they assist the reader to understand and progress from one idea to another expressed by the author.
They have us write a critical analysis of an argumentative or analytical text in order to fully understand our thought process and if we can fully break down and analyze pieces of literature. Understanding how well we can understand literature as well as subjects such as math and history