INI100H1 Lecture : Notes taken during lecture
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something in the introduction that reveals how the essay will proceed. especially useful in longer papers roadmap of the essay. risks: not the same as a thesis, risk of using a procedural opening, and not having a claim, which is not wanted. thesis should follow: use these markers properly to support own authority. Teological narrative narratives that unfold in linear order and end in closure. Too much qualification may hint at a weak thesis. should only need to qualify once or twice. Too long take stuff out: do not want an essay in miniature. digression: too much background information, too much context may turn off reader, assume reader is knowledgeable set up in beginning what you assume they know and when they don"t. Incoherence: jumping to ideas without making clear what links these ideas together, use reverse outline to help revise an incoherent introduction.