In this video, I'll be giving you some basic information for writing the introduction. So the first thing that you need to know about writing the introduction is that you have to paraphrase the question language in your own words. Next, make sure that you never copy the question language exactly as it appears on the question. Be sure to always rephrase it and put it into your own words. Otherwise, you'll lose points for it. The best way to paraphrase the question language is to either use synonyms or change the word order of the question language.
You can also combine using the synonym language and changing the word order to paraphrase the question language. Make sure that you keep your paraphrasing short and to the point, because when you're writing your introduction, you only have two to three minutes to write this introduction. And you only have to write one to two sentences in the Introduction. Now, I want to give you some ideas for starting the introduction paragraphs. So when you're opening up your essay and writing that very first sentence, you have to write the first sentence to the introduction. For starting this introduction, you can use any of the words that are listed in this table.
So when you're describing what the infographic is about, you can combine the words that are listed in the different columns in any number of ways to construct your own sentence. So here's an example to show you how you can mix and match the different words in the different columns to construct an opening sentence. So let's say that we choose these highlighted words from each of the different columns to construct our sentence. In this case, our sentence would read the supplied illustration outlines the process by which and then you can go on describing the process that you're talking about. So this table here is just to give you some ideas for starting the introduction paragraph. I'll be showing you more examples of how to start the introduction paragraph in the following videos when I take you through real practice exam questions.
Now let's talk a little bit about paraphrasing, since paraphrasing is very important for the introduction. As we've stated before, there are two main ways to paraphrase. You can either use synonym language or you can change up the word order. So first, let's look at how to use synonyms. Basically, using synonyms means that you use a different word to express the same meaning. For example, if we have the word shows, then instead of saying shows, we can use other words such as demonstrate or present to mean the same thing.
On the other hand, you can also change up the word order. So instead of saying Australia People, you can say, people of Australia. So in this case, we've changed up the word order without changing the meaning. So when you're paraphrasing the question language, in your own words, you can use synonyms to rephrase the question language, or you can change up the word order. It may also be wise for you to combine both of these methods so that you have a better paraphrasing of the question language. So that was some basic information on writing introductions.
We're now going to delve much deeper into how to write introductions. And we'll now see in detail how to write the introductions for trend graphs, comparative graphs, process diagrams, and maps. So in the next video, I want to show you how to write the introductions for trend graphs.