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Introducing the aim and the organization of the essay
ОглавлениеYou could use the following patterns:
| This essay | will attempts to | examine whether …determine whether … |
| The aims of this essay | are to |
| This essay | examines whether …determines whether …argues that … |
| In this essay | I argue that …I will discuss …it will be argued that … |
Notice how ‘will’ and present tenses are used (will examine). ‘Will’ is used to announce what is to come. Present forms are used (examines) to state a fact about the organization of the essay.
There is a choice between passive forms (it will be argued that) or active forms with ‘I’ (I will argue that).
When you announce the structure of the essay, the form with ‘I’ is common. For example:
I will first discuss the reasons why Galen originally became popular. In the second section, I will offer explanations for his enduring popularity, after which I will explain the part that was played by the church and the state.
