Identify the transitional word or phrase in the following sentence/s. In the hope that I would get a better grade, I found myself studying much more often than I normally do.

“In the hope that” is the transitional phrase because it connects the reason for studying more often with the action that follows. “Much more often” describes how frequently the studying happened, and “I found myself” is part of the main clause, so neither is the transition.

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