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Title: Do You Know The Secrets of Writing a Powerful Introduction


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  • The introduction to your essay is what your
    assessor, as well as your audience, is going to
    look at first before delving deeper into you
    paper. It has to be interesting, or the reader
    will soon lose interest and avoid going through
    the rest of the essay even though its been
    written brilliantly. This is probably the reason
    why you ended up getting an average grade on your
    essay in the first place. Before you go looking
    for a solution to your query of write my essay
    online, take a look at these tips to writing a
    solid introduction from the best essay writers
    online in UK.

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1. Try beginning with an anecdote
  • By spinning a yarn around your topic, you
    immediately catch the attention of your reader,
    and he is compelled to go forward. However, make
    sure the anecdote you begin with is completely in
    sync with the subject matter of your essay and is
    not off-topic.

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2. Your opening sentence should be like a
punch-line
  • Have wondered why you were magnetically drawn to
    a magazine article or that blog? Its because the
    opening sentence always grabbed your attention.
    The same method can be applied to your essay to
    make it more attractive. You can make use of a
    particularly witty or brilliant quote if youre
    stuck in coming up with a line of your own.

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3. Keep the first sentence short
  • A short to the point sentence makes it easy for
    your readers to understand the essence of your
    writing as well as to move seamlessly from one
    sentence to the next. Usually, you get so
    involved in explaining your point that you come
    up with longish sentences that readers are unable
    to understand. Hence, keep it short and simple.

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4. State the purpose of your essay in a clear
manner
  • Your introduction also contains your thesis
    statement, which must be written in a clear and
    concise manner so that your audience can get what
    youre going to talk about in the rest of your
    essay. If the central aim of your paper is not
    lucid, the readers will feel lost and may even
    end up misinterpreting the matter youve
    presented.

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5. Do not waste the space of your introduction on
unnecessary background
  • When readers go through your essay, they are not
    looking for a detailed history of your topic.
    This is probably one of those things that bore
    them so much they dont feel like proceeding
    further. A brief description of the background in
    two-three sentences suffices.

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6. Keep it short
  • An introduction that covers more than half a page
    of your essay has a lot of unnecessary details in
    it that can be done without. Moreover, the whole
    point of your essay will be lost in that
    introduction if you go and on about why your
    audience should read your essay. The longer it
    is, the lesser is the attention span of your
    reader for your essay.

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7. Skip the introduction
  • If you just cannot come up with an introduction
    that engages your own interest, skip it and move
    straight to the point. Its better than writing a
    poor introduction and spoiling your entire essay.
    Start with the main body and you can come back to
    the introduction after youre done writing the
    conclusion.

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  • As you can see, writing an introduction that
    impresses your assessors is not that difficult if
    you follow the tips given above.
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