NLXH.S1.W8 - MAKING AN INTRODUCTION

What are main goals of an introduction?

• Introduce yourself.

• Catch your reader’s attention.

• Give background on your topic.

• Goodbye to the audience.

How to make an interesting, effective introduction?

• Hook your audience

• Give detailed evidences

• Give background

  information

• Make long sentences

Which tenses are usually used in an introduction?

• Past tense

• Future tense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Reorder the steps to make an introduction

• Overview

• Why

• What

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which sentence is best described of a good introduction?

• A good introduction should provide detailed information and evidences for the topic

• A good introduction should be long

• A good introduction should identify your topic,

  provide essential context, and indicate your

  particular focus in the essay.

Why do we need to "hook the audience"?

• Because your first sentence sets the tone for

  the whole speech

• Because your first sentence is not very important

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How to "hook your audience" with your introduction?

• Start with

  something clear and catchy

• Start with

  some wrong information

Why should you give background information in the introduction?

• To let them misunderstand your topic.

• To let them understand your topic.

Why should you not give too many details in your introduction?

• You need to save your evidence for the main body

• You need tell every evidence before the body part

Reorder the following to make table of contents for the introductory phrases

• To start will, I will...

• At the end, I will tell you how to...

• After that...

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E