Sentences in Stage 6 HSIE Describe (What / who) Sentence starters … have a number of distinguishing features that make … The key features of a … include a … (relate to a …) The most significant … in a … Another significant … is … … are also a feature of a … … are prominent in … … has some very distinctive traits, especially … One of the distinguishing features of … is … Connectives which includes such as which show the together with also for example which is why which makes it generally have / has Explain (How / why) Sentence starters There are many reasons why/for … A major issue was/is … This … was/is created by … There were/are a number of causes of … This sparked / caused … which ended with / resulted in … … had a number of effects such as … To understand the … it is important to recognise … Because … has … When … then … … is/are caused by … … is like this because … Another effect was … As a consequence, … One of the final reasons for … Further to the above considerations … Furthermore Connectives whereas in the same way because caused by results / resulted from the effect of now furthermore due to which leads / led to so become / became started / launched / created nevertheless in addition Discuss Sentence starters … has many advantages Another advantage is … The disadvantage of these … The worst feature of … is that … Some [historians] claim that … One perspective is … and that is influenced by … If/when … then … They should also … / They also completed … … is a highly controversial issue, … Whilst they may not … Many questions relating to … remain unanswered. Connectives initially such as which includes in addition furthermore moreover however by contrast / in contrast alternatively despite this on the contrary consequently © E Harwood 2018 6 Compare / contrast Sentence starters There are many ways which … and … are similar There are many ways which … and … are different and these include … A very obvious difference between … and … is … Whilst there a few similarities between … and … there are more differences. Whilst … and … appear quite similar, they are, in fact quite different. Another feature that the two … have in common is … Connectives alike, like, just like both in the same way similarly likewise on the contrary even though in contrast to in spite of this / despite this differs from whilst yet / but / however Analyse Sentence starters The issue of … can be viewed from several different perspectives … There is a strong connection between … and … If … then … There would be less need for … … is composed of … … combines with … There is a relationship / no relationship between … and … Connectives especially and this would be although would increase / decrease on the other hand however nonetheless moreover therefore thus ergo consequently Evaluate (Assess / to what extent / justify) Sentence starters Connectives The … most important qualities / things of … are … even when /if The most likely event to occur was … since We thought that … was the least important because … although We thought that … was more likely to occur than … because Another good thing about … was/is … better/worse It was also decided that … greater/fewer … was/is more important/likely than … more/less … is better, because … however The best/worst part about … was/is … therefore Overall, … is the most important quality of … thus When assessing the … a number of factors need to be ergo considered. consequently despite this due to © E Harwood 2018 7 Words to improve your writing in Stage 6 HSIE Connective words: Add additionally moreover equally important furthermore Sequence firstly secondly lastly finally accordingly meanwhile previously subsequently simultaneously Emphasise essentially primarily significantly importantly in particular specifically notably Connect consequently as a result accordingly hence because stemmed from Compare whereas alternatively conversely in contrast despite however nevertheless comparatively similarly Evaluative language: flawed inadequate unimportant insignificant negligible merely barely rarely slight marginal minor minimal superficial somewhat occasionally seldom adequate mixed moderate reasonable several less important satisfactory relatively significant substantial considerable important largely strongly maximum profound vital central crucial essential decisive critical exceptional fundamentally unquestionably overwhelmingly © E Harwood 2018 8