Sentence Starters

Sentence Starters and Transitions for Persuasive Writing

Examples and details play an important role in persuasive writing. When you need to transition into them, you can use phrases like...

Transitions when providing examples/details

• For instance

• In fact

• An example is

• In fact

• In other words

• Additionally

Multiple Choice

Which transition would you use to provide examples/details?

• As you can see

• Most importantly

• An example is

• To sum it up

When you're finishing up your writing, you might struggle with transitioning into your conclusion. If that happens use phrases like...

Transitions when coming to a conclusion

• In conclusion

• To summarize

• Finally

• As you can see

• All in all

Multiple Choice

Which transition would you use to come to a conclusion?

• Specifically

• Finally

• One last reason

• For instance

Your opinion on your subject is very important in a persuasive essay. When you want to state it, you can say...

Sentence starter for stating your opinion

• I think

• In my opinion

• I prefer

• I feel

• My favorite

Multiple Choice

Which sentence starter would you use to state your opinion?

• Also

• Basically

• First of all

• I think

Transitions when providing reasons

• To start

• Next

• Another reason

• One last reason

When you explain why you agree or disagree with something, you can say...

Multiple Choice

Which transition would you use to provide reasons?

• Another reason

• I prefer

• For instance

• In fact