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GETTING YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH

RIGHT

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Keep 2 questions in mind:

1.Does your introduction clearly pave the way for what is about to come?

2.Would anyone want to read it?

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Your introduction should:

1. state the point; and

2. grab your reader‘s interest.

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To state your point, take the personal experience; and

apply it in a larger context – perhaps referring to a social theme.

Reading 1

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To grab the reader‘s interest do that at sentence one introduce a quote cite an interesting fact bring in a bit of humour ask a question

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don‘t begin your essay with unengaging statements This essay will discuss the pros and cons of studying abroad. I will write about when I discovered ice-skating and how it made me who I am today.

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don‘t make hollow statements The world‘s population crisis has reached an extreme proportion.

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don‘t state the obvious

don’t include dry definitions

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To grab the reader‘s interest choose vivid words figurative language descriptive words action words a variety of sentence structures use of the active voice interesting vocabulary