1. PSAT ORGANIZATION in WRITING

2. Requires two critical elements: LOGIC & FLOW
LOGICAL ASPECT-moving from one idea to the next without creating confusion
FLOW ASPECT-incorporating transitional strategies

3. ORGANIZATIONAL
Good introductory sentences will introduce the main idea of the passage without giving away too many details
Good concluding sentences summarize the main idea of the passage or restate the author’s main claim
BOTH need to reflect the overall style and tone of the passage

4. TRANSITIONAL
The error in these questions is usually in misidentifying the purpose of the transition-SEE CHART
Determine which sentences are being connected by the transition; find what purpose best describes the relationship between the two sentences
Higher layer of difficulty questions—involves more complex transitional sentences to link two paragraphs
determine the main ideas of the two paragraphs-then distinguish the relationship based on main ideas
no information should be included from paragraphs elsewhere

5. LOGICAL 1st type-where a particular sentence ought to be placed
reread paragraph without that sentence
use context clues to determine which sentence or sentences are most logically related to the sentence in question; the sentence should probably appear either immediately before, after, or between those sentences
decide and then reread with sentence inserted
2nd type-place sentence within most logical part of paragraph (like a puzzle)
examine closely-look for transitions that don’t make sense, sentences with related ideas but are not placed close together, or sentences that relate to other paragraphs but are not near those other paragraphs
rearrange accordingly

8. Sample transition question