Question

im writing a paper comparing and contrasting the government , art, and religion of ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle ages and i need a catchy intro.... please help!!(:

( thanks Ms. Sue you really helped :)

Answer 1

Have you written the paper?

The introduction is the last part that you'll write. After all, you can't introduce something without knowing the subject very well.

Answer 2

I have most of the paper i just need something to catch the readers attention at the begining and i can't think of anything.....

Answer 3

How about using a short phrase in Greek or Latin?

Answer 4

That could work.... Thanks!

Answer 5

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/intros.htm
Scroll down to the section that starts "Professional writers ... "
There are several good ideas there.

Answer 6

Writeacher that website is great! Thanks so much :) do you have any ideas on how to king of organize my paper?

Answer 7

Hmph!! I thought most of the paper was already written. :-/

Anyway, here is a lesson I use for teaching people to write comparison/contrast papers. It deals with comparison/contrast of two items, but you can expand the outline to three very easily. All the other concepts fit.

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Whenever you are writing a comparison/contrast paper (paragraph, essay, research paper), you need to plan it out very carefully on paper first.

Try this:

1. Write all the information about one of your topics on one page.
2. Write all the information about the other topic on another page.
3. Then put them together in this order:

1. Intro
2. All about topic A
~~~2A. detail 1
~~~2B. detail 2
~~~2C. detail 3
~~~2D. detail 4
~~~2E. detail 5
3. All about topic B
~~~3A. detail 1
~~~3B. detail 2
~~~3C. detail 3
~~~3D. detail 4
~~~3E. detail 5
4. Concl.

The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different.

There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag,” but can be very confusing for the reader if you don’t use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow.

See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing.

Answer 8

Most of the paper is written down I just didn't know how to organize it.... thank you

Answer 9

You're welcome. Go get an A!!

Answer 10

I will sure try :)