Authors and editors in the humanities know that journals are more likely to accept scholarly essays with strong introductions and that such essays are more likely to influence academic conversations.

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the ...

Narrative essays are completely different from the tasks we get in academia more often. Narratives can be written using personal pronouns. Moreover, you don’t have to spend hours looking for relevant ...