This document discusses different types of introductions for paragraphs or essays. It provides examples of introductions that include an attention-grabbing first sentence, informative sentences that build to a thesis statement, and a thesis statement that makes a claim and previews the main points to be supported. The document seeks to determine which type of introduction would be most suitable for different provided paragraphs on various topics.

2. REVISION
Thesis Statement
Paraphrasing
Cohesion
Introduction
Conclusion

3. Which paragraph is this?
•an attention-grabbing first sentence
•informative sentences that build to
your thesis
•the thesis statement, which makes a
claim or states a view that you will
support or build upon
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6. Which type of introduction suits this
one?
The pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as are
necessary. The famous government building was
constructed in the 1940s, when segregation laws
required that separate bathrooms be installed for
people of African descent. This building isn’t the only
American icon that harkens back to this embarrassing
and hurtful time in our history. Across the United
States there are many examples of leftover laws and
customs that reflect the racism that once permeated
American society. With the world is moving fast
towards modernity, these laws and customs should be
abolished because….(main ideas)

8. Which type of introduction suits
these?
• “If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If
you talk to him in his language, that
goes to his heart”
• I learned that courage was not the
absence of fear, but the triumph over
it. The brave man is not he who does
not feel afraid, but he who conquers
that fear.
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10. “There cannot be true democracy unless
women's voices are heard.”

11. Which type of introduction suits this
one?
Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There
cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are
heard.” In 2006, when Nancy Pelosi became the
nation’s first female Speaker of the House, one
woman’s voice rang out clear. With this
development, democracy grew to its truest level ever
in terms of women’s equality. The historical event also
paved the way for Senator Clinton as she warmed her
own vocal chords in preparation for a presidential race.
As women’s equality being widely debated, women’s
capability to rule the nations should not be doubted
because….(main ideas).

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