Introductory Paragraph for Explanatory Essay 🎓

What are you supposed to do with the first sentence of an essay?

• Mention the three main points you wish to make within the essay

• Hook your reader and get them interested in your paper

• Connect the topic of your essay to your thesis

This example is a good hook because it is interesting and unique

• True

• False

The second example is a better example for a hook because it is more interesting, informative, and unique

• True

• False

The bridge comes at the end of the introductory paragraph

• True

• False

The thesis is the most important sentence in your essay

• True

• False

Mark (all) of the parts of an introductory paragraph

• Bridge

• Thesis

• Research 

• Hook 

• Conclusion