INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS ARE LIKE FIRST IMPRESSIONS

• You only get one chance
• People might leave after them
• They give direction to everything else

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS MUST

• Hook the reader/interest them
• Give background
• Include thesis statement

HOOK YOUR READER

HOOKS SHOULD KEEP THE READER READING

• Use a quote
• Have a surprising fact
• Be very descriptive
• Be mysterious
• Questions are a last resort

INCLUDE YOUR THESIS

YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH MAYBE WIL HAVE

• Background information
• Definitions of key terms
• Title of works and authors

GIVE BACKGROUND

DEFINITIONS?

TITLE AND AUTHOR

YOU WANT TO GET A DATE