HIPPOS Sentence Frames

Historical Context – What else do you know about the author, time period, and/or an event that
helps give the bigger picture of what was going on related to the specific document?

•Living back then, this person would have experienced….

• Some things that were different back then were…
• Even though much is different, it is important to remember that… was probably the same.
• Back then people would have been (worried about) or (hoping for)…
• It is important to understand that …. happened during … because people at that time would have…
 Meanwhile…
 This fits into…
 This makes sense because nationality/internationally at the time…
 …was a time of…because across the nation/world…

Intended Audience – Who is the author writing to and why? How does this support your thesis?

• The speaker addresses _____ because/since he/she says, “______.”

• The intended audience for this (speech, text, or piece) is ____ because _____.
• Because the speaker says, “_____”, the intended audience must be _____.
• The (projected, anticipated, intended, etc.) audience must be _____ since the speaker says,
“_____.”
• After (reading, viewing, listening to) the (speech, text, or piece), the speaker’s intended audience is
_____ because _____.

Purpose – Why is the author writing or making this speech? How does the purpose of the document
support your thesis?

• The purpose of the (speech, text, or piece) is _____ because _____.

• The speaker’s intended focus is _____ because _____.
• The speaker’s point is _____ because _____.
• The main idea of the (speech, text, or piece) is ____ since the speaker says, “______.”
• After (reading, viewing, listening to) the (speech, text, or piece), it is clear that the (author’s,
speaker’s, etc.) purpose is ____ because _____.
• The author’s purpose is to (show, point out, suggest, inform, persuade, convince, entertain) in order to / so
that ______________________________ because

Point of View – What about the author (CORNPEG) made them make the statement? Why would
the authors point of view make the document more or less reliable/valid? How does the authors point
of view support your thesis?

•This __________(letter, speech, etc--type of document) is most likely biased because _________.
•____________(the author) is probably saying ______________ in an attempt to ______________.
•___________ (the author) is probably saying ____________ because he/she is a __________.
•___________ (the author) probably felt this way because as a ___________ (occupation, social
status, nationality, etc), he believed ___________.
•_____________ (name of document) is likely propaganda and therefore unreliable since it was
created by _____________________.
•Not surprisingly, as a ______________ (occupation, social status, etc), ______________(the
author) said ______________ because .
Outside Information - What Information about the topic can you provide that is not given to you in
the documents or the background information that supports your thesis?

 An event/person/idea that helps illustrate this is…BECAUSE…

 For instance…
 An example…
 One example…
 Another example…
 This is related to…

Synthesis – What else can you relate/connect the DBQ/document to in relation to other time
periods/current events, historical themes (PRIDE), and interdisciplinary subjects (math, science,
technology, etc.)

 This continues/evolves into…

 This relates to…because…
 According to…it could be argued…
 This theme persists/isn’t new, it was/is seen in…
 This is similar to…because….
 This connects to… because…