| Sentence starters for concrete detail and commentary sentences | |||
| (Memorize at least six of them) |
| Sentence Starters for Concrete Details | ||
| For example . . . |
For instant . . .
An example includes . . .
This presents . . .
In addition . . .
To illustrate . . .
An occurrence for this . . .
The most important point . . .
This suggests . . .
For a fact . . .
A case in point . . .
A major point . . .
Accordingly . . .
For this reason . . .
Another point . . .
Moreover. . .
Furthermore . . .
In a like manner . . .
Similarly . . .
What’s more. . .
Another point of fact. . .
A final point . . .
| Sentence Starters for Commentary Sentences | ||
| Remember that instead of starting all your commentary sentences with the pronoun “This,” use a synonym for the key word(s) in your topic sentence. Or, you can imbed the starter idea within your sentence as long as it shows that you are elaborating on the concrete detail sentence. |
This (or noun) shows . . . , because/since. . . .
This (or noun) means . . . , because/consequently . . . .
This (or noun) proves . . . , because/thus . . . .
This (or noun) explains . . . , because/so . . . .
This (or noun) displays . . . , because/given that . . .
This (or noun) points out . . . , because/while . . . .
This (or noun) presents . . . , because/even though . . . .
This (or noun) illustrates . . . , because/just as . . . .
This (or noun) supports . . . , because/therefore . . . .
This (or noun) implies . . . , because/since . . . .
This makes ____- obvious . . . , because/since .
This (or noun) establishes . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) makes evident . . . , because/since . . .
This (or noun) confirms . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) describes . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) illuminates . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) rationalizes . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) demonstrates . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) justifies . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) substantiates . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) validates . . . , because/since . . . .
This (or noun) reveals . . . , because/since . . . .
Document created by Joyce Krachmalnick, Eisenhower Middle School 2007