Blog 11A
Allie Winter
English 1010
Professor Marchant
November 10, 2015

Blog 11A

 

          The importance of an introduction to an essay is crucial in the whole writing process. It allows the audience to know what the whole essay will be about. It gets them hooked on the essay and gives them some back ground information to the topic. The introduction is also very important because it makes the transition to the actual research or topic study more smooth and helps get the audience interested in the material.

           The perfect outline for an introduction paragraph is that it starts with a hook, then introduction material for the topic, and depending on if it is an argumentative essay, you would put a counterclaim in. You would end with your thesis statement which is a map of what the rest of the essay will outline. The thesis statement points will also be broken up into paragraphs later in the essay and those will be your body paragraphs.