George Washington was America’s first and greatest president. He was born in 1732. His experience as an army officer helped him avoid wars during his presidency. He stopped the Whiskey Rebellion from becoming a war and Pennsylvania. He kept us out of war in France. Washington‘s greatest example was retiring after only two times.

1. This Paragraph needs revision. Most of the sentences have the sentence structure. One way to address this is to combine sentences. How could you combine the first two sentences to improve the clarity of the paragraph?

2. Adding transitions to the beginning of sentences in the paragraph will also improve clarity. Adding a transition word to the last sentence in the paragraph will help call out that it is the conclusion. What word will improve the flow of the paragraph and better indicate its conclusion?