This document provides starter phrases that can be used in different sections of a research paper, such as the introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. It lists common phrases for each section to help writers find the right words to start sentences. The document recommends looking at research papers in one's field to identify commonly used phrases and sharing them with colleagues. Borrowing syntactic structures from others, known as "syntactic borrowing", can help writers who struggle to start sentences.