Sentence Starters

INTRODUCTION

In this essay… The central theme… The essay discusses… The issue focused on… The key aspect discussed… The theme of this essay/article… We will be discussing…

CAUSE AND RESULT

As a result… Because… Due to the fact that… For this purpose… For this reason… Otherwise… Since… Subsequently… That is why… Therefore… This means that… With regard to…

COMMON AND UNCOMMON IDEAS

A few… Not many… On occasion… Rarely… Seldom… Unusually… Almost all… Commonly… Numerous… Quite often… Significant… The majority…

TO SHOW TIME AND ORDER

Additionally… First of all… After this… Firstly, secondly, thirdly… Afterwards… Earlier… Finally… In the first instance… To begin with… With this in mind…

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

Although… However… Complementary to this… In comparison… Likewise, … Nevertheless… On the contrary… On the one hand… Other than… Outside of… Rather… Whereas…

TO EMPHASISE

Above all… As a rule… As usual… Certainly… Especially… For the most part… Generally speaking… In this situation… Namely… No doubt… Obviously… Of course…

TO SHOW EXAMPLES

As an example… As an illustration… Especially… For example… For instance… In this case… Markedly… Specifically… Such as… This can be seen… To illustrate this… You might consider…

CONCLUSION

Hence,… In conclusion… In summary,… To conclude,… To review,… It has been demonstrated that… To sum up… To summarise… We have seen that…