Attention Getters

Getting the readers attention: some common ways to attract the readers interest to an essay are: Use an anecdote. Use interesting or hard-hitting facts Provocative question Present surprising statistics. Start with a quotation. Ask a provocative question.

Interesting or hard-hitting fact

Surprising statistic

People around the world are dying from hunger everyday.

Do you eat fast food everyday ?

Use an anecdote

Seventy five percent of teenage boys are looking forward to the World Cup
Use an quotation

I still remember when my father took me to the beach.

Look at the pictures below and create your own attention getters.

One day, out of nowhere, my friend said, I hate my nose. I need cosmetic surgery

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