In today’s lecture I shall walk you through the process of reading an essay for its argumentative structure. I asked you try to identify ... with the principles of charity and accuracy. For example, ...

the introduction should be a summary of the whole essay – later paragraphs should not change the direction of the argument or introduce new and unexpected topics. Here is an example of an ...

An introduction is not compulsory and does not necessarily gain any marks but it can help you set out the structure of your essay and identify ... basis of the line of argument you are going ...