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GETTING YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH RIGHT

Learn how to craft captivating opening paragraphs that not only state your point clearly but also grab the reader's interest. This guide offers tips and techniques to effectively engage your audience from the very beginning.

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GETTING YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH RIGHT

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  1. Here comes your footer  Page 1 GETTING YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH RIGHT

  2. Here comes your footer  Page 2 Keep 2 questions in mind: Does your introduction clearly pave the way for what is about to come? 2.Would anyone want to read it?

  3. Here comes your footer  Page 3 Your introduction should: state the point; and 2. grab your reader‘s interest.

  4. Here comes your footer  Page 4 To state your point,  take the personal experience; and  apply it in a larger context – perhaps referring to a social theme.  Reading 1

  5. Here comes your footer  Page 5 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

  6. Here comes your footer  Page 6 • 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.

  7. Here comes your footer  Page 7  don‘t make hollow statements  The world‘s population crisis has reached an extreme proportion.

  8. Here comes your footer  Page 8 • don‘t state the obvious • don’t include dry definitions

  9. Here comes your footer  Page 9 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

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