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MELCON SENTENCE STARTERS

You know the structure of a MELCon paragraph and how to state your main idea, but how can you
effectively transition between ideas? Transitions are used to separate pieces of evidence within
paragraphs and to separate paragraphs. You should use some sort of transition to introduce each
new piece of evidence. You can use the following sentence starters as a guide or come up with
your own!

FIRST SECOND THIRD (OR FINAL) CONCLUSION

First and Additionally, ___ Finally, ___ In conclusion, ___

foremost, ___  Similarly, ___ Lastly, ___ Therefore, ___
To begin, ___ Likewise, ___ Most importantly, To summarize, ___
Initially, ___ In addition, ___ ___ The evidence
The first piece of Another strong The third and final clearly proves
evidence that piece of evidence piece of evidence that ___
stands out is ___ is ___ that stands out is It is clear that ___
The first example The second ___ For all of these
that exemplifies example that Another instance reasons, it is
this is ___ proves this is ___ that suggest this evident that ___
One piece of Another great is ___ All of the
evidence that example is ___ Making an even evidence supports
demonstrates this Another instance stronger case is that ___
is ___ that demonstrates the instance when The previous
For example, ___ this is ___ ___ examples all
The first example A second example The third example prove that ___
to note is ___ to note is  ___ to note is ___ All of the
Even more The last indication evidence adds up
compelling is ___ of this is when ___ to one conclusion,
that ___