You don't say what the topic is so it's difficult to know what you want. However a typical introductory paragraph would give an idea of what you were to write about or discuss. For example you may wish to write about an experience on holiday. So:--
Summer had arrived and I was about to start the first day of my holiday. Well, to be correct, tomorrow would be the first day but, as I had finished work for two whole weeks I decided to put myself in the holiday spirit. My bags were already packed, I had seen to that yesterday, and I decided to check my documents, tickets, passport, hotel reservation and all the correspondence from the travel agency, just to be sure I had not missed anything. Oh, and then the most important things, money and credit cards. Well, they were all there so I thought that a relaxing soak in the bath was in order before I spent an evening at home imagining the delights to come. It wasn't long before I went to bed to enjoy that calm and serene slumber that precedes a delightful experience. This was it. Tomorrow I would be whisked away on a huge jet plane for my dream destination of Barbados. This was the thought that pervaded my mind as I gently drifted off to the land of sleep.
If the first word of the paper is Bees wouldn't that get your notice? You would think "Huh, a noun starting a sentence, I wonder why? Well I know its about bees, and bees are kind of cool, why not read a little farther?"
After your hook, you need to elaborate:
These little buggers, the menace to picnickers, along with ants and Yogi the bear of course, can only sting you once. Isn't that nice to know? In fact, their stingers are hooked into their organs, so when they try to fly away, and their stinger get stuck, they die.
Now, that was a good, and bad example. It depends on your intended audience, the gross factor may reel people in, or push them away. You need to be careful with how you put things:
Their stingers are a part of them, and when it comes out. They die.
After the elaboration, you need to put a thesis statement. Depending on what you're writing, you might want a 'which' statement in there.
Bees are interesting creatures, they have stingers, eat flower pollen, and make honey, which all makes them who they are: Bees.
You need a what: Bees are interesting Creatures.
A intro to the main:
Main 1: Their stingers
Main 2: Flower relations.
Main 3: Producing food
Then the which, the thing you are trying to prove: Which makes them into bees.
Basically re-state what your topic is about and write three or four sentences describing what is going on in the rest of the paragraphs. Example:
Many people don't realize the fun of horses and what they can do for the human health. Horses can be used from things such as farming to pleasure riding to just being your friend. All kinds of horses exist and they all have different personalities and can help rehabilitate people with disabilities; they can also... etc. It's not that hard.
I like to think of an intro paragraph as an upside-down pyramid. Start broadly with the subject and end specifically and to the point (your thesis statement - what your whole essay will be about).
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The Intro paragraph should be the start of your essay and follow on from the Statement and thesis paragraph.
It should start to detail what research or ideas are behind the essay.
Each subsequent paragraph goes into more detail and/or arguments based on your thesis, until you arrive at a Summary of all that has gone beforehand.
Then you will produce the Concluding para which should affirm or deny what your thesis asked.
You don't say what the topic is so it's difficult to know what you want. However a typical introductory paragraph would give an idea of what you were to write about or discuss. For example you may wish to write about an experience on holiday. So:--
Summer had arrived and I was about to start the first day of my holiday. Well, to be correct, tomorrow would be the first day but, as I had finished work for two whole weeks I decided to put myself in the holiday spirit. My bags were already packed, I had seen to that yesterday, and I decided to check my documents, tickets, passport, hotel reservation and all the correspondence from the travel agency, just to be sure I had not missed anything. Oh, and then the most important things, money and credit cards. Well, they were all there so I thought that a relaxing soak in the bath was in order before I spent an evening at home imagining the delights to come. It wasn't long before I went to bed to enjoy that calm and serene slumber that precedes a delightful experience. This was it. Tomorrow I would be whisked away on a huge jet plane for my dream destination of Barbados. This was the thought that pervaded my mind as I gently drifted off to the land of sleep.
You need a hook:
Bees, they die after only one sting.
If the first word of the paper is Bees wouldn't that get your notice? You would think "Huh, a noun starting a sentence, I wonder why? Well I know its about bees, and bees are kind of cool, why not read a little farther?"
After your hook, you need to elaborate:
These little buggers, the menace to picnickers, along with ants and Yogi the bear of course, can only sting you once. Isn't that nice to know? In fact, their stingers are hooked into their organs, so when they try to fly away, and their stinger get stuck, they die.
Now, that was a good, and bad example. It depends on your intended audience, the gross factor may reel people in, or push them away. You need to be careful with how you put things:
Their stingers are a part of them, and when it comes out. They die.
After the elaboration, you need to put a thesis statement. Depending on what you're writing, you might want a 'which' statement in there.
Bees are interesting creatures, they have stingers, eat flower pollen, and make honey, which all makes them who they are: Bees.
You need a what: Bees are interesting Creatures.
A intro to the main:
Main 1: Their stingers
Main 2: Flower relations.
Main 3: Producing food
Then the which, the thing you are trying to prove: Which makes them into bees.
Proving: Bees = Bees = Interesting.
I hope you write a fantastic essay!
Basically re-state what your topic is about and write three or four sentences describing what is going on in the rest of the paragraphs. Example:
Many people don't realize the fun of horses and what they can do for the human health. Horses can be used from things such as farming to pleasure riding to just being your friend. All kinds of horses exist and they all have different personalities and can help rehabilitate people with disabilities; they can also... etc. It's not that hard.
I like to think of an intro paragraph as an upside-down pyramid. Start broadly with the subject and end specifically and to the point (your thesis statement - what your whole essay will be about).
Intro to what? Be more specific if you want an appropriate answer
Start with a topic sentece, introduce what your going to be talking about withi the paragraph