Question

How should I start of a one page written assignment on the marketing failure of a company? What should the first paragraph include?

Answer 1

Before you worry about the first paragraph, have you outlined or mapped out what the other paragraphs will include? It's pretty darned hard to introduce something you haven't written yet!!

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<b>DON'T start any paper's first draft by writing the introduction!</b> How can you introduce a paper that you haven't written yet?

Follow the writing process, whether you're writing for science, history, English, or whatever:

<u>Prewriting</u>: Brainstorm, research, plan, outline, thesis statement

<u>Writing</u>: Write first draft by starting with section II of your outline; write the introduction <b>after</b> the body of the paper is written; write the conclusion last.

<u>Polishing</u>: Revise, concentrating first on the body of the paper, then the intro, then the concl (revision = making sure ideas are logical and sequential and support your thesis); proofread (spelling, grammar, usage, etc.)

Do you have a thesis yet? Have you done your brainstorming (and maybe research) yet? Have you written an outline?

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#org
from http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
Click on Step by Step for the process. Click on Info Search for help with researching.

Answer 2

Once you get all that done, here's an excellent webpage to help with actually writing your intro:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/intros.htm

Answer 3

Thank you so much!

Answer 4

You're welcome!