SAT Reading & Writing: Choose a transition showing elaboration or clarification (in other words, that is, to clarify, etc.)
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The concept, explained
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Elaboration transitions signal that the next sentence restates, clarifies, or expands on the previous one: in other words, that is, to clarify, put differently.
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Use elaboration when the writer is restating the same idea in simpler or more precise terms — not adding a new idea.
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Distinguish elaboration from example: elaboration repeats the idea at the same level of abstraction; example drops into a concrete instance.
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Avoid using "in other words" if the following sentence introduces genuinely new content.
- ✗ Using "in other words" when the next sentence is a new point, not a rephrasing.
- ✗ Confusing elaboration with example transitions.
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