African American History with Wiley

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Sentence Starters
Citing Evidence or Quote Sentence Starters:

Start with a lead-in (source) and use the correct punctuation. Fill in
the BLANK.
Name of person or article says, Quote.
According to the title of the source , name of person, speaker,
author of the article says, Quote.
Quote, says name of person .
Additional terms to Use instead of

Tone:
Explanatory
announce
comment
describe
explain
exclaim
observe
respond
reply
state
suggest

Tone:
Argumentativ
e
argue
counter
demand
emphasize
insist
maintain
object
proclaim

says
Tone:
Anger
bark
command
fume
protest
rage
scold
shriek
shout
scold

Tone:

Tone:

Understandi
ng
agree
empathize
sympathize

Questioni
ng
ask
inquire
marvel
question

Analysis Sentence StartersMaking Inferences: .

Fill in the BLANK with the source, quote, and inferences.

When (person/title of source) said, QUOTE, this proves _____

because _____ .

The use of the word, QUOTE, suggests that _____ , since _____

When _____ states, QUOTE , a reader can infer _____ because _____
.

The image of _____ suggests that _____ . As a result this reveals

_____ .

The use of the term/phrase QUOTE shows _____ , so this proves

_____ .

Corroborating Sources Sentence Starters: .

Fill in the BLANK with the source, quote, and inferences.
Be sure to include the context or background for each source. Fill in the BLANK.
Both ___ and ___ documents agree that ___ . This proves ___ .
In the ___ and ___ documents the authors state details such as ___ .
This proves ___ .
___ and ___

documents both say___ , which proves___ .

The ___ and ___ documents both state ___ . Therefore, these
sources prove ___ .
African American History

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Sentence Starters
Counter-argument Sentence Starters: .
Fill in the BLANK.
Although some may argue ___ , this is not the case because ___
.
It may be argued that ___ . However,
counter-claim is false). .

(write reasons why the

Some opponents may argue that ___ , but ___ .

While it may be true that ___ , still all in all
___ .
An argument against this position is ___ .
However, ___ .
An opposing view may say ___ , but ___ .
On the one hand an argument is that ___ .
On the
other hand, ___ .

Transition Words
Although,
Admittedly,
Certainly,
Of course,
Nevertheless,
However,
Despite the
argument,