Giant Research Paper Introduction and Purpose

Hello All,

As always in any paper, you need an introduction that introduces what you're going to be talking about in your paper.  The main question you want to answer in your introduction is, "What is the purpose of my paper?"

For 9th Grade Lit, remember your purpose is not to create a biography!  It is to compare and contrast 3 sources of text that all talk about the same topic (whoever you are researching).

For American Lit, remember your purpose is to tell me why this person is important enough to write a paper about.  Let me know them a little, tell me why I should care about them at all.