lesson 01: Great introductions
great introductions aren’t born,
they’re thought out
This 7-minute tutorial shows you how to write introductions for almost any type of writing
A great introduction provides a roadmap for your reader. A typical structure for an introduction has three parts: the hook, the bridge and the thesis.
The hook has the job of engaging the reader by providing something interesting, puzzling or perhaps surprising.
The bridge uses context as a transition to …
The thesis is where you state the specific and/or most compelling argument for the rest of your writing.
To show how to write a good introduction, in this video, I analyze introductions for three types of writing — personal essay, academic paper and news article.
Additional resources for writing great introductions
From Harvard University: Beginning the academic essay:
From Purdue Online Writing Lab, Purdue University: Introduction to Prewriting
From The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Introductions
