We start the introductory, three sentence paragraph of our essay with\na sentence in which we try to grab the attention of our reader by making\nit as exciting as we can. We follow that first sentence with a thesis\nsentence which tells the reader what will be written in paragraph 1, what\nwill be written in paragraph 2, and what will be written in paragraph 3.\nWe then close the introductory paragraph by using a transition sentence\nthat leads the reader into our first body paragraph.