In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the textual and analytical space of an essay. In a more concrete sense, an ...

Students have been assigned to post on our online course manager the introductory paragraphs for an upcoming essay assignment that asks them to use a theoretical article to compare two literary texts.

Swati Rai Well begun is half done, all of you have surely heard this. And this saying is all the more relevant when it comes to writing an article, essay or a paragraph. If your first few lines are ...