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11 Ways to introduce a text

Eleven ways to introduce a text. 1. Biographical info: Ex: Edgar Allan poe had many psychological problems that affected his writing. 2. Quotation from the text itself: Ex: "...why would you say that I am mad?" the narrator asks the reader wether he is sane or not. 3. Definition: Ex: "Poetic justice" is supposed to mean that virtue is rewarded and evil punished. In The Lady or The Tiger, the king had his own very peculiar view of poetic jsutice. 4. Litterarty element: Ex: Imagery is a very powerful way to express feeling and emotion. 5. Life experience of the author: Ernest Hemmingway had a lot of problems communicating with women. 6. Plot: At the beginning of Wilde's Nightingale story, the bird's heart is figuratively broken by the student's sorrow. By the end, the bird's heart is literally split by the rose's thorn. 7. Philosophical/sociological concept: Trials involving life and death should be based on legal facts and arguments. in The Lady a