Writing the Introduction
Introduction Has 2 Jobs
- Catch readers’ attention. (Hook)
- Introduce the focus (Hook) and purpose of your writing. (Thesis Statement)
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How? The Formula & 3 Methods
Formula
Method 2
A good introduction = new information + ideas that everyone may not agree with.
Tell an anecdote or story
Method 3
Method 1
Interesting, shocking, or little known fact or statistic
Ask a question
Today's Individual Task
Add Hook & Connecting Information to the Outline
From the incomplete Essay Outline
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Example: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 68% of prison inmates do not have a high school diploma.
Example: Can prisons rehabilitate prisoners so they’re able to return to their communities, find jobs, and contribute in positive ways?
Example: Today, Jimmy Santiago Baca is a well known American poet, but when he was twenty he entered prison illiterate and had to teach himself to read over the five years he spent behind bars.
Writing the Introduction
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Writing the Introduction
Introduction Has 2 Jobs
+info
How? The Formula & 3 Methods
Formula
Method 2
A good introduction = new information + ideas that everyone may not agree with.
Tell an anecdote or story
Method 3
Method 1
Interesting, shocking, or little known fact or statistic
Ask a question
Today's Individual Task
Add Hook & Connecting Information to the Outline
From the incomplete Essay Outline
TO
+info
+info
Example: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 68% of prison inmates do not have a high school diploma.
Example: Can prisons rehabilitate prisoners so they’re able to return to their communities, find jobs, and contribute in positive ways?
Example: Today, Jimmy Santiago Baca is a well known American poet, but when he was twenty he entered prison illiterate and had to teach himself to read over the five years he spent behind bars.