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
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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
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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:
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flawed
inadequate
unimportant
insignificant
negligible
merely
barely
rarely
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slight
marginal
minor
minimal
superficial
somewhat
occasionally
seldom
adequate
mixed
moderate
reasonable
several
less
important
 satisfactory
 relatively
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significant
substantial
considerable
important
largely
strongly
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maximum
profound
vital
central
crucial
essential
decisive
critical
exceptional
fundamentally
unquestionably
overwhelmingly
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