16 Jan 2013 4p.m
Introductory Essay
Today we were learnt how to do a perfect introductory paragraph by using 1 or more hooks to grab reader's attention before we make our own. I show you what we learnt this evening:
The function of introductory
¨It attracts the reader’s interest to continue reading
the essay / Get the readers’ attention.
¨It supplies background information needed to understand
the essay.
¨It presents a thesis statement, the main idea of the
essay, usually towards the end of the introduction.
¨It indicates a plan of the essay’s development
(optional).
¨Set tone for the rest of the essay
The part of the introductory paragraph
¨The Hook - Designed to grab attention immediately and
give
some indication about the essay’s topic
some indication about the essay’s topic
¨
¨The Transition - Moves the reader from the hook to the
driving force of the essay….
¨The Thesis Statement - Makes the contract with the
reader about what will be discussed without a blatant announcement.
So Fikri and i decided to write our introductory paragraph by using Quotation as our hook. Below is the example of quotation hook that we preferred to:
¨“I am stupid. I am
never going back to school.” These are the words spoken by a learning disabled
child when he was in first grade. He cried as he slowly walked to his bedroom,
shredding his schoolwork into small pieces. This was the first of many times when
he and his parents would feel frustrated because there was nothing that they
could do. Parents of children with learning disabilities have often felt
unprepared to help their children with their handicaps and frustrated with
attempts to seek the proper placement of them in the public-school system. The
experience of school can be overwhelming for children who have trouble
learning. The learning disabled student in the public educational
system must deal with academic, social, and emotional problems.
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