On the first page of your text section, you center your title and then start in with your introduction. You should never include introduction as a heading. That is something that is always implied, and quite frankly, makes you look rather silly. Your introductory paragraph should always include your thesis statement. There are two acceptable placements for your thesis statement, at the beginning or the end of the paragraph. If you choose the beginning of the introductory paragraph, you spend the rest of the paragraph introducing your major supports for your thesis statement. If you choose the end, you use the introductory paragraph to introduce your major points of emphasis and lead into your thesis statement. Choose the style you are most comfortable with.

Topic headings are always left justified. It would also be a good idea to capitalize them as you would a title as well as put them in bold lettering. This will have the effect of setting them out more. Don’t create extra space by leaving spaces around them. The left justification, capitalization, and bold lettering should be sufficient to set them off. If you have a heading that would appear on the last line of a page, leave that page short and move it to the next page. There is no set number of sections you should have, allow the subject matter to decide that. Be sure that all paragraphs in each section or topic are related closely enough that they truly belong together. If it helps, think of them as the chapter of a book and plan accordingly.

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