Introductions

1. Review the elements of an effective essay introduction

The goal of this part of your introduction is to: Get your readers attention/interest in your general topic (this is often called a hook) Introduce the BIG IDEAS of your topic State the author and title, if youre writing about a text; book titles are underlined; titles of magazine articles, short stories, poems, movies, etc. are placed between quotation marks

The goal of this part of your introduction is to: Move from general details about your topic to more specific details about your topic The closer you get to your thesis statement, the more specific the details about your topic should be DONT start discussing your support for your thesis statement in your introduction; save this for your body paragraphs

ABSOL UTELY NO: In this essay I will argue/discuss/talk about Listing reasons This essay will be about

THESIS STATEMENTit doesnt have to

come at the very end, but it should be somewhere close to the end.