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Getting the reader’s attention: some common ways to attract the reader’s interest to an essay are:Use an anecdote.Use interesting or hard-hitting factsPresent surprising statistics.Start with a quotation.Ask a provocative question.

People around the world are dying from hunger everyday.

Attention GettersInteresting or hard-hitting fact

Do you eat fast food everyday ?

Provocative question

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

Surprising statistic

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

Use an anecdote

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

Use an quotation

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

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