A transition at the paragraph break has to match the relationship between the last sentence of one paragraph and the first of the next. Transitions as a set are in transition questions.
Read both sides of the break
Contrast, continue, or conclude. Continuation versus contrast is in continuation versus contrast. A concluding sentence inside one paragraph is a different leftover, in the best concluding sentence.
The bottom line
Read the sentence before the break and the sentence after. Then pick the hinge.
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