A sentence starter is a word or phrase that starts a sentence, the aim of which is to create a transition between sentences and phrases. For example, the phrase “In recent years, ...” is a common sentence starter used to begin a sentence by contextualising the reader.
Sentence starters play a valuable role in rewriting services
because, in a rewriting
service, the aim is to change the words that a piece of writing contains
without altering its meaning. Therefore, knowing what sentence starters are
interchangeable, redundant, or amenable to edits, revisions, or expansions
(e.g., increasing the length of a phrase), can help paraphrasers and rewriters
quickly change the look, sound, and feel of a written document.
In academic writing, sentence starters also play a key
role in increasing the cohesion of a document. In the absence of sentence
starters, an author’s writing can become disconnected, disorganized, and consequently
difficult to read and understand.
However, knowing which sentence starters to add to
your document – and when – is not always a straightforward matter. Therefore,
to assist your use of sentence starters in paraphrasing and academic writing,
this article presents several categories of sentence starters and then offers
specific examples.
Sentence starters for thesis statements
A thesis statement is a sentence that opens your paper or essay. It is shown in the very first paragraph, right at the beginning. For this reason, it’s important to get it right.
Using a sentence starter for your thesis statement is
always a good option, but some great thesis statements don’t necessarily
incorporate sentence starters. Some options are:
·
This
paper examines ...
·
In
this paper, we discuss ...
·
Below,
we discuss ...
Sentence starters for essay
conclusions
The
conclusion section in an essay differs from most other sections in that it does
not present new information to the reader.
Instead,
the purpose of the conclusion is to summarise the main arguments from the main
body of the document, and potentially to offer insights regarding the
implications or future directions for the paper.
Examples
of sentence starters for essay conclusions include:
·
In summary, …
·
Altogether, …
·
To review, …
·
All in all, …
·
On the whole, …
·
Putting it all together, …
·
To summarise, …
Sentence
starters for lists
Lists
are frequently used in academic writing, such as when reporting on an
experimental method (e.g., the steps undertaken in a laboratory), the results
of an author’s study (e.g., an author who reported three main results), or the
materials used in a research project (e.g., budget figures and expenditures).
For
this reason, equipping yourself with the following sentence starters for lists
will help you write or paraphrase lists easily, all the while making the list
more interesting and easier to read:
·
First,
… Second, …, Third, …, and so on
·
Next, …
·
Afterward, …
·
Moving on, …
·
Later, …
·
Following this, …
·
In turn, …
·
After that, …
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