Incorporating other voices into an essay makes an essay stronger and helps the reader engage more and look closely at a text so they can form their own opinion about what they think about the writers work. We are usually taught to write a simple five paragraph essay our whole lives, it’s what we’re trained to do. However, an essay should be more than that. Taking what other people say and comparing it to our thoughts, is essential to how we understand not only ourselves, but others as well.
1 Starts with a general statement about their major argument
2 The main topic being covered in this intro paragraph is using the ideas of others along with those views of our own as well to essays
3 This is essentially #2
4 This is important because with the additions of outside voices it can both strengthen your ideas and overall topics
5 Writing with the inclusion of outside sources and point of views creates stronger more well written points.