An introduction is the opening paragraph of an essay. It should briefly introduce the topic and outline your key ideas to answer the question. These ideas are then explored in more detail in the rest ...

In Bookends, his new collection of forewords, afterwords, prefaces and liner notes, Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) promises to perform criticism—though he rather studiously ...

Funded by a Teaching and Learning Development Grant, this first video examines ways to improve narrative writing and what its goals are. Many students do not fully understand how to write narratives ...

I was trained as a physicist: the kind that does experiments in the lab and is often expected to be there on the weekends and always be in a state of hard work. But as I gained more experience in grad ...

A good introduction goes a long way toward establishing your expertise and getting the audience excited to meet you. But... one thing is for sure – you don’t want to leave your intro up to the person ...

PMLA is the journal of the Modern Language Association of America. Since 1884, PMLA has published members' essays judged to be of interest to scholars and teachers of language and literature. Four ...