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vexx:

--- Quote from: Trent on October 25, 2009, 01:14:01 pm ---If you don't get the working introduction right you have just wasted time.

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this is a stupid question, but what exactly is a working introduction, how does it differ from a normal one?
i only posted that cos it could have been relevant. haha.

Trent:
I don't particularly know what exactly constitutes a 'working introduction' because I have never done one. I'm not the right person to ask lol

vexx:

--- Quote from: Trent on October 25, 2009, 04:37:31 pm ---I don't particularly know what exactly constitutes a 'working introduction' because I have never done one. I'm not the right person to ask lol

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haha. i'm not in year 12 yet, i have some time to find out >_>.

derivativex:
My understanding of a 'working introduction' is one where you address the task and what you plan to do, rather than just the text.  Ie. You don't make an argument/contention like you would in response to a question.

By that I mean if you're doing Hamlet like I am, you wouldn't say anything like "Hamlet's delay is caused by [blah blah]/results in [blah blah].

You're introducing what you're going to be writing about, and that is a discussion on the text based on passages they give you.  You should discuss how meaning is constructed etc, so any contention regarding the book won't be a prominent feature of you're essay.

tl;dr:

Your intro should indicate how you will approach the text/perhaps link the passages together.  It is 'working' in the sense that it provides an outline of how you will write your essay, but not an outline of what you will be writing.

I think. haha

derivativex:
*your essay.  *sigh*

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