This channel provides lessons on spoken English and basic English grammar through YouTube videos. The host, Mirza Akhi, aims to help people learn and improve their English communication skills through real-life conversation examples. The channel also contains information on writing introductions for academic essays in a clear, straightforward manner that engages the reader and previews the topics that will be examined.
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Your introduction is like a map. It clearly points your reader in the direction you will be taking them, within the structure of
your essay. It is also a formal introduction, a 'Hi how do you do.' An essay is very different from a creative writing piece,
where a writer keeps juicy bits of information away from the reader and divulges them throughout the plot to keep the
reader hooked and to drive the plot. You do not need to drive any plot of an academic essay, but of course you need to
engage with your reader. For most essays your introduction will be in future tense. If you think of it as a road map it's easy,
you are informing the reader of where you will be going. Here is an example of an introduction in future tense:
This essay will argue that socio-economic factors were crucial to the lives of women, and Gissing's Rhoda Nunn highlights
this. The changing views of what was acceptable for Victorian women is articulated in Well's portrayal of Ann Veronica, a
biology student who is a strong, resourceful and independent women. This is contrasted with Gissing's Monica Madden, a
middle class shop girl who tried and failed to become modern women as she was forced to marry out of economic necessity
instead of love. Overall Ann Veronica's rebellion against traditional patriarchal views confirms that attitudes to women were
changing and it sets her place as the strongest female character examined in the two novels. The issues that will be
examined in regards to opportunities for women herein are female sexuality, the understanding of marriage, marrying out
of necessity for money and working life as a woman.
This introduction 'sign-posts' what is to come within the context of the essay. It is straightforward, it is easy to follow and
you get a clear sense of direction. This will be an essay about first-wave feminism and characters created by male authors.
If you were to write this introduction in the past tense, how could you signpost? Instead of writing 'This essay will argue that
socio-economic factors were crucial to the lives of women' the past tense would be 'This essay argued that socio-economic
factors were crucial to the lives of women.' This is incorrect, as you are already telling the reader that you don't need to
argue this point because it has already been asserted. So if you are presenting this in the past tense, what's the point of
writing the rest of your essay?