How can I improve my writing in history?

Connectives

Emphasising: Adding: Capital Letters

- Most of all - Clearly - And - As well as
- Above all - Ultimately - Also - In addition - Names of
- In particular
- Additionally Opinion/judgement: people/titles/things e.g.
- Especially - It seems that
- Furthermore Mwalimu Nyerere, President,
- Significantly - Indeed
- Moreover - Too - In conclusion Bismarck Rock
- Particularly - Notably
- To conclude
- It would seem - Places eg. Tanzania, Africa,
Cause and effect: Comparing: the USA, the White House
- Because - So - In the same way
- As a result - Thus - Like - Events eg. World War One,
- This suggests that - Compared to - Similarly Russian Revolution
- This shows that - Likewise - Equally
Paragraph Structure
- Therefore - An equivalent As well as the usual:
- Consequently Remember, when you are
- Start of sentences e.g.
writing essays, you need to PEE
There are different
all over it!
Qualifying: Sequencing:
interpretations of…
- Yet - Then - Finally P – Point: state the
- Apart from - Next - Meanwhile point/argument that you want
- As long as - After - Firstly to make
- Except - In the end - Secondly
- However - Subsequently
E – Evidence: provide specific
- Despite
- Although evidence to support the point
that you have made

Illustrating: Contrasting: E – Explain: explain how your

- For example - Such as - Nevertheless -However
point and evidence help you to
- To show that - Including - Instead of - Unlike
- On the other hand answer the question
- These include
- For instance - On the contrary
- In the case of - Despite -Whereas Using the connectives will help
- Alternatively you to produce better
- As revealed by
paragraphs as well.