<p> Body Paragraph Writing Prompts and Sentence Starters--Examples Sentence Starters Sentence Starters  The author states that  The importance of… Fact, evidence  The event that helps us understand this was… Analysis  The vital elements/characters/events are…because  For instance,…  The important things to remember include…  An example… Rhetorical . The author uses … rhetorical strategy when Example  One example… Strategies discussing…. This strengthens his/her argument  In addition, because… Description  In the text, the author describes the…by stating… . Furthermore, Identification  The event took place on…and involved… Adding Ideas . Subsequently,  To elaborate… . As well as, . Then again…  For example, the person said… Evaluation  When you look at the whole picture you can see that…  The text states that…  This event is not important because… Quote  The author states that…  The author demonstrates his/her point-of-view, however,  The artist/film described the work as… another way of interpreting it is…  This can best be explained in the following quote,  As stated in, “[Insert title” by [insert author], “…” (Insert page number or paragraph number).  In other words… Interpretation  As the reader considers this evidence it demonstrates Paraphrasing or  The hypothesis is that… that… summarizing  In summary…  In examining the evidence, it is clear that …  This means that…  The first step in understanding how to… Counter . On the other hand, some people believe...  To understand this concept you must understand Claims . One may argue …; however,... Explanation  Begin by… . Some people feel that…; however,...  Next,… . Though [insert author’s name] states…, it is clear that…  Additionally, . The article [insert article title] claims…, however, the evidence in [insert article title] proves that…, when it states, [insert quotation]. This means that…  Two elements that are similar are… To show . It can be seen that… Comparison  Two characteristics that compare include… results or . Considering…it can be concluded that… Compare/contrast  One comparison is… outcomes . The evidence suggests/shows…  The first element/characteristic/event is…In . These factors contribute to… contrast,… . After examining…it can be determined that…  While this is the case,… . For this reason, it is clear that…  This is in contrast to…</p>