You want your paper to read like a continuous argument which good transitions help to facilitate. Words like ‘however’, ‘so’, ‘additionally’ do indicate a logical relation between paragraphs, but they ...

Read those sentences one after another to see if you can follow the essay's flow. Add/clarify topic sentences or add/modify the transitions as needed. If too long, see if you have more than one idea ...

In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the textual and analytical space of an essay. In a more concrete sense, an ...

Finally, think of how to connect those paragraphs with logical transitions. Save the opener and ending for last. They’re likely to change as the body of the essay evolves, and they’re ...