Reviewing How to Write Your Introduction English 6/Advanced 6 My First Compare/Contrast Essay Ms. Butler

What is an introduction? An introduction is how you start your essay in one paragraph An introduction gives your reader a chance to get to know the subject of your essay An introduction has THREE PARTS.

How do you start an introduction? Background information An interesting fact An interesting question So, Ms. Butler…what’s the point?

ATTENTION!

An Introduction is NOT… The whole story retold A summary a place for ANY quotation More than 5 sentences

Uglies Sample Openings Background information Example: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a dystopian novel about a young female protagonist on her mission to discover the definitions of beauty and friendship. An interesting fact Example: There are more than 13.8 million cosmetic surgeries per year. An interesting question Example: Do you know the value of inner beauty?

How do you finish an introduction? A THESIS! You already wrote these in your C/C Packet and on your notecard we worked on in class. Please check to see if it needs revision. Please copy this word for word when you are finishing your introduction. Please make sure this is the LAST sentence of your introduction.

So what goes in the middle? Connect your opening sentence to your thesis statement with 2 to 3 sentences Include a variety of background sentences or questions The whole introduction will be 5 sentences in length.

Example Introduction Set Up First Sentence: Opening Line Second through Fourth: Connecting Sentences Fifth Sentence: Thesis.

Example Introduction 1 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a dystopian novel about a young female protagonist on her mission to discover the definitions of beauty in relationship to society expectations. Tally must decide what matters most to her: physical beauty or inner beauty. Throughout her travels, she meets many people with varying opinions of what is considered attractive. Ultimately, Tally decides to see the value of inner beauty after traveling to the Smoke. The Pretties think everyone has to be a standard of pretty whereas the Uglies in the Smoke believe you are fine the way you are.

Breakdown Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a dystopian novel about a young female protagonist on her mission to discover the definitions of beauty in relationship to society expectations. Tally must decide what matters most to her: physical beauty or inner beauty. Throughout her travels, she meets many people with varying opinions of what is considered attractive. Ultimately, Tally decides to see the value of inner beauty after traveling to the Smoke. The Pretties think everyone has to be a standard of pretty whereas the Uglies in the Smoke believe you are fine the way you are.

The Code Explained Red=Opening Line to grab attention Blue=Connected Sentence to link Green=Thesis Statement to go on to the next paragraphs

The Next Step Write a rough draft of your introduction! Set your lined paper up for a type 3 FCA’s: 5 sentences with proper setup (opening, connecters, thesis) 10 Have a good opening/Thesis rewrite from notecard10 Correct spelling 10/-2 TOTAL: 30 POINTS **please remember to skip lines!**