Start and end with the “big picture” through effective titles, introductions, and conclusions. What readers need from principle creates a closed approach is an ability to predict what is coming as well as regular fulfillment of those predictions. Lay out the “big picture” of your essay with their title and introduction and then return to the “big picture” in the conclusion.
Don’t use “topic title” and “funnel introduction”. Never start with broad generalizations and then narrow it down to your topic. A better approach is to hook your readers immediately with an effective title and a problem-prosing introduction.
Good titles follow the principle of old before new information. A good title needs to have something old (a word or phrase hooks into a reader’s existing interests) and something new (a word or phrase that forecasts the writer’s problematic question, thesis, or purpose). Composing a title for your essay can help you find your focus when you get stuck in the middle of a draft. It forces you to focus on what is old and what is new for your audience.
Old information is what your readers already know. New information is the surprise of your argument, the unfamiliar material that you add to your readers’ understanding. Your thesis statement forecasts the new information the paper will present, a thesis statement in closed-form prose comes at the end of the introduction. Before the thesis in the introduction is usually the problem stated or the old information. First- problem, (old information). Then-thesis, (new information).
Typical elements of a Closed-Form Introduction:
- An opening attention-grabber.
- Explanation of the question to be investigated.
- Background information.
- A preview of where your paper is heading.
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