Hello again.
And let's keep this train rolling.
We're now going to move into the introductions part of doing an essay.
The introduction is the first paragraph that you're going to write when it comes to doing an essay.
All right so let's go ahead and look at how you do an introduction under time conditions because that's
what we're talking about.
We're talking about writing writing an essay under time conditions you might do an introduction different
if you're doing for example a research paper or a scientific paper where you have days months to be
able to write.
But here we're talking about what do you have to do.
What kind of introduction you have to do under time conditions
so let's go ahead and have a look at the basics
was an introduction well in introduction basically lets the reader know what your essay is about.
It gives you the context and the frame for which you're going to discuss and answer the essay question
right.
The reader gets their very first impression about you from the introduction.
So a great introduction is extremely important.
This is the first impression you're going to make on the reader on the greater.
So if you do a very bad introduction that really is putting a bad impression in the mind of the greater
because all graders are human they're human.
And so your introduction needs to be done correctly is extremely important did your introduction is
done according to standard.
You have to let readers know what the central issue is.
You have to let them know what's the question problem or controversy that you're going to address.
And you have to let them know the blueprint the roadmap for how you're going to address or answer that
problem or controversy that's what's necessary when it comes time to doing an introduction.
Right.
In general introductions have these three parts right.
They start with some general background information that introduces the topic.
Then you have an overview of the essential essay question.
Finally you have your controlling thesis statement the thesis statement must respond to the question
the thesis statement must answer the question.
The thesis statement is the most important sentence in the entire essay I must say it again the thesis
statement is the most important sentence in the entire essay.
That's why when I look at essays and I see students do bad thesis statements I say you know what this
is about to be a bad essay and ninety nine times out of ten it's a bad essay because there's no direction
without a proper thesis statement there's no direction
so if you want to go ahead and stop the tape right here stop the recording right here.
This is a introduction that explains what an introduction is.
So if you want to go ahead and stop the recording right here and take a read and this explains to you
in a note this explains to we in another way what an introduction is or what you should be looking at
when it comes time to an introduction.
OK.
Sometimes people understand things in different types of ways.
So sometimes it will if as seems like to you that I'm repeating something many times what I'm doing
is I'm trying to say it in a different way because sometimes people understand things differently and
I might need to say something two or three different types of ways.
And then finally sometime it's finally the person will say Oh I get it now OK.
The introduction tells you how you understand the topic what your controlling argument is what issues
you will cover and what conclusion you will reach right now.
This is not different than what I said earlier it's just another way of saying it.
Not included in an introduction.
There is no explanation of arguments.
You do not make arguments in an introduction All right.
And also you if you can't so you can't do that right.
You can't explain your arguments and you must address the question in your introduction you can't fail
to do that
so here are the important parts of the introduction again in a different way.
You have to have the general idea what is the general subject of the essay the specific part what is
the controversy regarding this subject.
In essence paraphrased the question.
And finally the thesis statement was your position and blueprint or road map general specific thesis
statement.
So basically an introduction is three to four sentences three to four sentences most it a three to four.
That's because sometimes it depends on the thesis statement a thesis statement can be a combination
of two sentences or a be in just one sentence.
OK.
But General Idea one sentence specific controversy one sentence thesis statement can be also one sentence
possibly two.
Here's the introduction format right.
There it is again at the top there general specific thesis here are the elements again general specific
pieces you're like well why does it keep repeating that to me why.
Because is that it that's something I need you to remember I need you to have it in your mind when you
do an introduction.
Do I have the general specific and the correct thesis statement.