A&B pgs. 442-443, 17.4
This reading talks about how to put old before new information in your title, introduction, and conclusion. You should do this because it will help to hook your reader with something they know, then keep them reading to find out the new information. The reading also states that the “big picture” is quite important to making your paper effective. You need to start AND end with that in your paper. You need to forecast your paper with a thesis statement, purpose statement, or a blueprint statement. A tool I learned to use is to use a really good attention-grabber in your opening statement to hook the readers. Options would be: a dramatic vignette, a startling fact or statistic, an interesting quote, or an interesting scene. I am not very good when it comes to writing good introductions in my paper, but I will definitely use this tool to help improve that. I typically end up forecasting my paper with so much information that the introduction becomes boring and already says everything in it so there is no reason to move forward. I will make sure I find an interesting hook so that my readers will not get bored and want to continue.
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