Thursday 9 October 2014

Good sentence starters

Ermmmm.. sometimes we dont know how to start our sentences.. to express our intentions.. either to introduce, to conclude, to compare or construst....

It can sometimes be difficult to start a sentence to express ideas, or find words to show the relationship between ideas. Below is a list of possible sentence starters, transitional and other words that may be useful.


To introduce
This essay discusses …
… is explored …
… is defined …
The definition of … will be given
… is briefly outlined …
… is explored …
The issue focused on ….
… is demonstrated ...
… is included …
In this essay …..
… is explained …
… are identified …
The key aspect discussed …
… are presented …
… is justified …
Views on …. range from ….
… is evaluated …
… is examined …
The central theme …
… is described …
… is analysed …
Emphasised are …
… is explained and illustrated with examples …


To conclude
In summary, …
To review, …
In conclusion, …
In brief, …
To summarise, …
To sum up, …
To conclude, …
Thus, …
Hence, …
It has been shown that, …
In short, …


To compare and contrast
Similarly, …
In the same way …
Likewise, …
In comparison …
Complementary to this …
Then again, …
However, …
This is in contrast to …
In contrast, …
And yet …
Nevertheless, …
Conversely, …
On the contrary, …
On the other hand, …
Notwithstanding …
Whereas …
In contrast to …
That aside, ...
While this is the case …
... disputes …
Despite this, ...

To add ideas
Also, …
Equally important ...
Subsequently, …
Futhermore, …
Moreover, …
As well as ....
Next…
Another essential point…
Additionally, ...
More importantly, …
In the same way …
Another ...
Then, …
In addition, …
Besides, ...
Then again, …
Firstly, ... secondly, ... thirdly, ... finally, ...
To elaborate, ...

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