University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
ENGL 208 | Creative Writing
Academic year:

2022
Views:

367

Pages:

2
Author:

Alma Hester

Summary Writing Sentence Starters Sentence Starters to Show What an Author Says: ● X acknowledges that _____________. ● X agrees that _____________. ● X argues that _____________. ● X believes that _____________. ● X denies/does not deny that _____________. ● X claims that _____________. ● X complains that _____________. ● X concedes that _____________. ● X demonstrates that _____________. ● X celebrates the fact that _____________. ● X insists that _____________. ● X observes that _____________. ● X questions whether _____________. ● X reminds us that _____________. ● X reports that _____________. ● X suggests that _____________. ● X urges readers to _____________. ● X compares _____________ to _____________. ● X explains that _____________. ● X defends the idea that _____________. They (Who) Say (Verb) … (Message) *don’t forget your citation! Narinesingh argued that we must always cite our sources (2018, para. 8).