Writing An Effective Introductory Paragraph for An argumentative Essay

Basically, the introductory paragraph has two part,namely :

a.      The General Statements       : which give the reader background information about the topic of the essay. These statements get the reader interested in the topic.

b.      A Thesis Statements              : Which introduces the main idea of the essay. This statement is similar to the topic sentence in a paragraph, but it is broder and gives the controlling idea for the whole essay. The topic sentence(s) of the body paragraph should relate to thesis statement. The thesis statement is usually the last sentence of the paragraph. 

Example a thesis statement   :

Atheles are always admired by many people. We admire their achievement, their determination, than struggle to win in a competition. In someway the show us what fighting is all about lots of people think athletes are born, but I think if people train hard, persevere in what they believe, and determine to do the best, they can became successful atheletes.

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