Writing: The Purpose of the Introduction, Summary, and Conclusion
Tell them what you’ll tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them.
This advice, although well meaning, isn’t always the best approach. Although repetition has its place, repeating information three times is by no means the gold standard of teaching. I want to explore a different and perhaps more interesting way of conveying information.
The Introduction This connects your topic or thesis to something broader that the reader is already familiar with.