Opening

State thesis and avenues. List what you are going to be talking about in the three body paragraphs. This should contain the thesis statement, a topic sentence, and an overview of the topics you are going to talk about.

A paragraph introduction should start with your main point, or thesis statement, and end up expanding on that idea like a triangle. The thesis statement is the top vertex of the triangle, and while the introduction expands, more ideas are added and therefore the triangle expands. Thesis Statement