ATS1340 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES WORKBOOK 1 ISSUE 2

Critical Tips       The verb “argue” should appear somewhere in your introduction, eg: This paper argues; I argue; The main argument of this paper.... At some stage in your Introduction, you should tell your reader what it is they are reading, eg: This paper; This essay; This report Avoid clichéd opening sentences such as sayings/proverbs Avoid dramatic opening sentences (eg: attention grabbing statistics) Check your Introductions for terms and phrases such as “All around the world”, “Everywhere/one”, “Always”, “It cannot be denied”, “For a long time”, “Humankind”, “In society” BE EXPLICIT about what you doing and how you are going to go about doing it!!!!! You are NOT writing a murder mystery novel; you are composing a technical piece of writing that examines a specific issue and produces a definite outcome as to a critical position relative to that issue. Other tasks an Introduction can undertake  If the word limit is restricted (eg: 1000 words), an Introduction is the idea

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