B. Development-
1. To write a great introductory, first you need a great topic sentence
to grab your reader's attention. You're going to "bait" your reader
and give them a good "hook" to make them *want* to read your paper.
Because trust me, when someone like me, grades 50-70 papers, its always
a good idea to capture my interest.
2. Lets go back to our paper about the best tasting apple in the world.
Now, you can start this paper by using a story, an anecdote, a comparison
or a fact. Anything that sparks interest. For example, you may start
by saying "There are more than 75 different varieties of apple in
the world." That's a decent start, but lets add some details to it
so that there's more "meat". Instead of just saying "There are more
than 75 different varieties of apple in the world" say "Out of the
75 delicious varieties of apples that exist in the world, there are
three that are the best tasting apple." This combines your introductory
sentence with your topic.
3. Another example is using personal information to generate interest.
Say you are writing a paper about your personality traits. This type
of paper can really reflect your personality and so it is a good idea
to include a personal fact in your introduction. For example, if a
person had the personality traits of ENFP, which scholars believe
are the same traits that Peter, the Apostle had, then a great and
interesting hook is to say "According to my personality trait, I can
walk on water." Now, realistically the reader knows that you can't,
in fact, walk on water, but this grabs their attention to want to
read more of your essay.
4. After you have a great hook for your paper, you will need a solid
thesis statement. A thesis statement is - very simply - a sentence
that tells your reader exactly what you will be writing about in your
paper.
For example, Someone who was writing about the best tasting apple
would say: "__________, __________ and ______________ are the best
tasting apples." This lines out clearly to your reader where you want
your paper to go. To fill in those blanks, it is easiest to use your
topics from each body paragraph and plug them into the blanks. After
doing that, your thesis will read "Red Delicious, Granny Smith and
Washington Red are three of the best tasting apples." |
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