A sentence is one thought

  • Something does something

  • Something does something to something

  • One thing is like another

  • Cause & effect/result

  • Reason (as in cause)

  • Reason (as in think)

  • Cause & surprising/unexpected effect/result

  • Fact & explainer

  • Comparison

  • Concession

  • Contrast (concessive, although this - that)

  • Statement and comment on it’s truth

  • Statement and comment about it’s certainty/probability

  • Statement this, but also that (two sides)

  • Then vs. now (or future)

  • Now vs. then (or future)

  • Common idea, actually what is happening

  • This is true, however the other thing is not

  • These happening in the same time

  • These happening one after the other

  • This happens in this frequency

  • This outweigh that (priority, importance)

  • Statement, expand (example etc)

  • Statement, summary

  • List of statements

  • Not only this, but also that (that strengthen)

  • Intention (what, how, to whom etc)

  • Suggestion

  • Question

  • Supposition

  • Speculation

  • Assumption

  • Inference

  • Potential (something can…)

  • Details vs. the main major issue

  • Identification, the “real” issue

  • Rule (when something, then something)

  • Metaphor, like, similar to

  • To x is to y (can use for critic, contrast, absurd)

  • Induction

  • Deduction

  • More/Less intense (volume of something, or a quality, a trend)

  • Clarification: expansion of a previous point