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What's Wrong With The Teenage Mind? By Alison Gopnik

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What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? By Alison Gopnik is an informative article about how puberty affects the teenage mind. Throughout this entire essay Gopnik creates coherence from correlating ideas and using multiple transition words. The unity of the essay helps it flow smoothly and gives the reader a clear idea of what they’re reading about. She especially shows this coherence in one of the first paragraphs on page six. For example, in the sentence “First, experience shapes the brain” Gopnik uses the word ‘first’ as a transition to lead the reader into her explanation. This creates more coherence throughout the essay because it indicates an addition to what was previously stated. By using the transition word ‘first’ Gopnik relates the
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