<aside> 💡 Check out Organizational (Reasoning) Patterns, Organizing an effective argument: Methods and examples, and Finding Participants, which collectively relate to developing a transitional paragraph.
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The purpose of a transitional paragraph is to bridge your theory (what others say about your researchable topic) with your own study (what you have to say about your researchable topic)?
It's a paragraph that includes the following: restatement and rewording of the thesis statement, 2) summarizing the context of the problem, 3) state the research design (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method), and 4) introduce research questions.
The transitional paragraph is the last paragraph of your literature review, occurring just before the Method section.