Essay Question

<p>In my introduction do i need to specificly mention what i'm going to write about..</p>

<p>"Examples from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the Cold War, and my personal expierences serve to prove my thesis"</p>

<p>OR can i just be vague and say..</p>

<p>"Examples from literature, history and my personal life serve to prove my thesis."</p>

<p>instead of merely stating that the examples affect your thesis, and then going in-depth into explanations, why not just delve into the examples? you don't need to state that "Examples from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the Cold War, and my personal expierences serve to prove my thesis."</p>

<p>I did for the ACT. I left room (a line or so) on the last part of the introduction, and then as I finished the next body paragraph, I added it to the last line.</p>

<p>so blue mouse, are you saying i should not introduce my examples and just talk about them in the body paragraphs?</p>

<p>he's saying u dont necessarily have 2 b specific in stating all ur examples but rather u should go directly into them (if dat makes ne sense). readers probably woulnt like seeing "Examples from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the Cold War, and my personal expierences serve to prove my thesis"</p>

<p>i'm usually vague in my writing but dats only cuz its my writing style. i'd do wutever floats ur boat.</p>

<p>so your saying i should just state my thesis, and move to my body paragraphs without mention of my examples?</p>

<p>well no...ur intro is more important than dat...i mean after it the reader should be able 2 to say "O. so dis person is going 2 talk about X X and X" or sumthin of dat nature.</p>

<p>so i should mention my examples?</p>

<p>well... of course >.<</p>

<p>well exactly what examples can be used on every SAT essay?</p>