What best explains why a written argument without transitions might not work? The relationship between the examples and the conclusion would be unclear and hard to understand.
The relationship between ideas would lack the appropriate emphasis and logical flow.
The relationship between the claim, reasons, and evidence would be too vague and wouldn’t make sense.
The relationship between different parts of the argument would be unclear and hard to follow.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.