an introduction. In this video, I'm going to teach you the two easiest and most

effective ways to write the introduction.

The first way of writing the introduction hands down is by

paraphrasing sentences in the question. After paraphrasing sentences in the

question,

all you need to do is to present your position clearly in one sentence which

will be your thesis statement. It functions to guide your readers and let

them understand what your essay is about. If you write your introduction in this way,

your introductory paragraph is likely to consist of two or three

sentences. For those of you who are not familiar with the concept of

paraphrasing or have no idea what it is, paraphrasing is a way of

rewriting sentences using different sentence structures or vocabulary while

preserving the meaning of the original sentences. In this way, you'll be able to

keep the key idea that was in the original sentence but only express it in

a different way.

Simply speaking, the content is the same but only how the content is

delivered is different.

Imagine jam in a jar and the same jam spread on a slice of bread. In fact, they

are the same jam! Now let's take a look at sample questions and write

introductions by paraphrasing, I'm going to use sample question 2 as our first

example. First you should paraphrase the sentences. You have two sentences in the

question followed by instructions. All you need to do is to paraphrase the two

sentences that provide context. Then you need to give a thesis statement that

directly responses to the instruction and give an idea of what your essay isabout.

These are the two sentences that you need to paraphrase. Remember, what you

need to do is to keep the main ideas

as they are in the original sentences but deliver them differently.

Here's how I've paraphrased them. It is undeniable that famous sports players

gain a lot more income than those engaged in important occupations. Some

people believe it is fair

whilst others think this can be barely justified. Now, look at how the main ideas are

expressed differently in the new sentences by comparing the two versions:

original and paraphrased. I started my new sentence with 'it is undeniable that...'

This changes the whole sentence structure. In the question it states

'successful sports professionals.' The new sentence says 'famous sports players'.

Instead of 'earn,' the word 'gain' is used. In place of 'a great deal more money,' I wrote

'a lot more income'. In place of writing 'people in other important professions.'

I wrote 'those engaged in important occupations.' In the second sentence I

wrote 'believe,' in place of 'think'. Instead of writing 'fully justified,' I wrote 'fair'

I substituted 'unfair' with 'can barely be justified.'

Please note that synonyms come in handy when paraphrasing. Therefore, the more

vocabulary you know, the easier it becomes to paraphrase. Different

vocabulary changes the complexion of sentences and make them look colorful

and different from the original sentences. After you've paraphrased the

sentences in the question, always add one sentence that directly answers the

instructional sentence in the question at the end of your introduction. In this

case, the instruction asks you to discuss both these views and give your own

opinion so in your thesis statement, you can simply write, "this essay will discuss

both views then present my personal opinion." This is the completed

introduction. I'm going to use

sample question two as our next example. Let's have a look at it. In this question,

you only have one sentence that gives context. This is the only sentence that

you need to paraphrase. Here's my example. "There is no doubt that we are producing

a great amount of rubbish

nowadays." I started with "there's no doubt..." and this gives an impression that my

sentence is different from the original sentence in the question paper. I

replaced 'more and more rubbish' with 'a greater amount of rubbish.' I also placed

the word 'nowadays' at the end of the sentence. I simply paraphrased the

original sentence into a new one. All there is left for me to do in order to

complete my introductory paragraph is to respond to instructional sentences in

one simple thesis statement.

Hence I added, "this essay will examine the causes of this problem and suggest

what the government can do to solve this problem." Now i'm done with my

introduction and ready to take up for body paragraphs.The second way of

writing the introduction hands down is by using a funnel structure. Imagine a

funnel...