The introduction of an essay integrates the textual construction and from it the reader remains in the text or not.
Regardless of the textual genre, it is in the introduction that the reader is introduced to all the content that will be deposited in the development and conclusion.
It is important to predict how to introduce the elements of the writing considering, already in the first sentence, the theme to be discussed.
The essays can be:
- Narratives;
- Descriptive;
- Essays;
- Dissertation-argumentative;
- Explanatory;
- Injunctives;
- Institutional or advertising.
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Introduction to the Narrative Text
You time markers they are responsible for exposing the facts in the narrative texts. Thus, the introduction should point out the time or time when such facts occurred.
are time markers:
- Verbs
- adverbs
- adverbial phrases
Example 1:
She was in the king's time. Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant - by Manuel Antônio de Almeida.
Understand:
It was in the time of the king = use of verb
Example 2:
My mother lives here. She left very early to buy bread and triggered the events that will be reported.
Understand:
Here = adverb
Too early = adverbial phrase
Introduction to the Dissertation-argumentative Text
THE clarity is the main way to introduce a dissertation-argumentative text. It is from this that the reader will have a sense of what will be presented next.
- The theme must be presented in the first sentence
- There's no way around it already in the first sentence of the first paragraph
- The author's line of reasoning is also inserted in the first paragraph.
- The goal is to convince the reader
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Argumentative Procedures
It's in the first paragraph which will be inserted into thesis which the author will try to point out throughout the text through argumentative procedures
Argumentative procedures are the main elements of textual cohesion at essay-argumentative writing.
They are responsible for mirroring the author's methods of reasoning and possible evidence to convince the interlocutor of a particular point of view.
Unlike the narrative, in the dissertation-argumentative text there are no temporal markers
Tips:
- Use words that name ideas and concepts
- Do not use time markers
- chain the ideas
- Use argumentative operators
Example:
the mosquito aedes aegypti it is the cause of one of the biggest health crises in Brazil. A vector of at least three serious diseases, the mosquito's life cycle is favored by the tropical climate and by the inefficiency of the meager specific sanitary policies for its control.
Understand:
the mosquito Aedes aegypti is the cause of one of the biggest health crises in Brazil (ideas and concepts).
A vector of at least three serious diseases, the mosquito's life cycle is favored by the tropical climate and by the inefficiency of the meager specific health policies for its control (chain of ideas and use of argumentative operators).
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The Introduction in the Explanatory Text
The purpose of explanatory writing is to present specific information on a particular topic.
In this type of text, the reader now has Details of knowledge that will be presented to you for the first time or that will be perfected.
Features
- Use of predicates organized around verbs, mainly: to be, to have, to contain, to consist, to understand, to indicate, to signify, to build, to name, to designate;
- Use of punctuation marks that introduce explanations or quotations, such as: colons, parentheses, quotation marks, and dashes;
- Use of explanatory coordinated clauses introduced by conjunctions because and why;
- Adjective and explanatory sentences;
- Reiteration markers such as: ie, with the aim of, clarifying, etc...
Example:
Current technology is marked by the need to facilitate access, employment and use of products ranging from electronic devices to food, clothing and medicines.
The many years of research in the most diverse have resulted in multidisciplinary applications.
For example: several sectors of engineering are in favor of the search for food with better use; medicines with greater healing power and less impact on the body; devices that facilitate communication, leisure; economic transports, with reduced environmental impact and high power, among others.
Understand:
Current technology is (use of the verb to be) marked by the need to facilitate access, employment and use of products ranging from electronic devices to food, clothing and medicines. The many years of research in the most diverse have resulted in multidisciplinary applications.
For example: (punctuation as reiteration marker) several engineering sectors are in favor of the search for food with better use; medicines with greater healing power and less impact on the body; devices that facilitate communication, leisure; economic transport, with reduced environmental impact and high power, among others (use of explanatory clauses).
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