interesting introductions

Interesting Introductions

•Using:

Grabbers, Hooks,

Leads

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1. Never say 1. Never say ““Hello….blah blahHello….blah blah”” or or ““This essay will be This essay will be about…about…”” THAT IS BORING!THAT IS BORING!2. You 2. You never never get a second chance to make a first impression!get a second chance to make a first impression!

Ten techniques we will learn about:Ten techniques we will learn about:Action LeadAnecdoteCharacter “Thought-shot”Definition LeadDialogue Lead Famous Quotation (Quote Lead) Riddle LeadShocking Statement LeadQuestion LeadVivid Visualization Lead

RIDDLE LEAD• Get your reader’s attention

with a challenging thought.Example:

What’s plain, and boring? What makes all students in a school building look the same and lose their individuality? If you guessed UNIFORMS, you’re correct!

SHOCKING STATEMENTS

Provides statistics or facts that startle readers to pull them

into your story. Example:

Can you believe that over 90% of students polled at our school are dissatisfied with school lunch, but only 5% are willing to pack their own lunches?

QUESTION LEAD• Ask a question or a series of

questions to draw your reader into your paper.

Example:Have you ever wished for a pot of

gold?What if you truly found one? Would it

change your life? Well…

VIVID VISUALIZATION LEAD

• Give sensory details (five senses) to help your reader visualize (see), the scene in their “mind’s eye”.

Example: The peeling paint and sagging

roof made the cottage look sad and forgotten. A broken, old gray fence, with missing boards like missing teeth, made a chill creep up one’s spine. Surely, no one could live here!