Introduction.ppt

The Introductory Paragraph Practice Exercise Now, you are ready to practice what you’ve learned. Click on the button below to go back to Unit C. Print and complete the worksheet for Practice Exercise 1. References PowerPoint Presentation by Ruth Luman: Modesto Junior College. Watson, L. (1951). Light from Many Lamps. New York: Simon and Schuster. This project incorporates portions of copyrighted works. These items are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the educational fair use guidelines. They are restricted from further use. * * References ? 2001 by Ruth Luman The Paragraph that Hooks Your Reader Introduction ------------------------------ An Introduction Definition and Purpose An introduction is the first paragraph in your essay and contains the thesis statement. The main purposes of an introduction are to… catch your reader’s attention so that he/she will become interested in reading your essay. present the focus of your essay and give your reader some general information about your subject. An introduction always includes some general statements about your subject and a thesis statement that announces the focus of your essay. The thesis statement is usually the last sentence in the introduction because it is the most specific. Notice how the introduction below begins with general information and becomes more specific. An Introduction General Information and Focus An Introduction General Information and Focus Specific focus of essay and thesis statement. General statements provide background information on the focus of health care for homeless people with HIV. There are a number of frightening disease epidemics occurring in the United States today, but one of the most frightening is the epidemic spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Among the most serious of these sexually transmitted diseases is HIV which leads to AIDS, a fatal disease.