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Introduction Activity
The Parts of an Introduction:

Prelude One or more attention grabbers.

Shared Context Reminds readers of what they already know, have experienced, or readily
accepted.

A Contradiction A BUT statement that contradicts the Shared Context. “You know that, BUT
you don’t know this.”

The Problem Part 1 Condition of the Problem—what’s causing the problem.

Part 2: Cost of the Problem—the intolerable consequences of that

condition.
The Solution Thesis Statement (usually expressible in a few words)

Activity
Instructions: Fill in the boxes below with content for your introduction during the activity we do in class.

Prelude In this 2020, we are experiencing the Coronavirus Pandemic, one of the most
difficult and deadliest health crises in the last decade.
Shared Context Since the beginning of humanity, highly contagious diseases have sporadically
broken out and ravaged the population, and throughout the years humanity has
find a solution.
Contradiction However, sometimes the government and/or the culture does not contribute to
find a better and efficient solution to the problem.
Problem In this case of COVID-19, the preventive measures to prevent a pandemic were
not taken seriously since the beginning, and the government did not want to
support the US citizen because the economy of the country.
Cost The latest report of the COVID-19 informed more than 217,000 deaths

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worldwide and 58,955 in the United States; and COVID-19 scams have cost
more than 18,000 Americans a total of $ 13.4 million since the beginning of the
year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Solution The solutions for almost all the problems that Coronavirus have caused are the
financial support by the government, and the improve of preventive measures
to cease the spread of COVID-19.

In 2020 we are encountering the Coronavirus Pandemic, one of the most challenging and

deadliest health crises in the last decade. Since the beginning of humanity, highly contagious

diseases have sporadically broken out and ravaged the population; and, throughout the years

humanity has found solutions. However, there are times when politics and culture do not

contribute to finding a better and efficient solution to the problem. In the case of COVID-19,

preventive measures against the pandemic were not taken seriously since the beginning, and the

government did not want to support US citizens because of the economy of the country. The

latest report of COVID-19 informed us that there were more than 217,000 deaths worldwide, and

58,955 in the United States; and COVID-19 scams have cost more than 18,000 Americans a total

of $ 13.4 million since the beginning of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Some solutions to the problems Coronavirus has caused are the financial support by the

government and the improvement of preventive measures to cease the spread of COVID-19.

© 2020 Dr. James Baker