Writing Your Introduction What about the
sentences before the thesis sentence (the introductory sentences)? The first three or
four sentences are introductory sentences leading to your thesis sentence, which ends the
paragraph. Generally these sentences
should create interest in your idea or establish its importance so the reader
will want to continue reading. As
weird as it sounds, write these
introductory sentences AFTER you have completed the rough draft of the
essay’s body paragraphs. One way of creating an
introduction is to write a sentence for each narrowing of the topic Narrowing sequence
from brainstorming è Gourmet
foodsè Broad Gourmet dessertsè not the
usualè hmmmmè an
ordinary milkshakeè elevate the lowly milkshake to gourmet food status. Narrow Sample Introduction
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