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Putting the Moves on Your Readers: How to Construct a Seductive and Scintillating Opening Paragraph
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This handout demystifies the moves that a successful “opening paragraph” should make, and in particular suggests that students think of their opening paragraphs as needing to attract readers with two really good “one-liners”—the opening line, and the concluding thesis statement.
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2016Subject
Opening Openers Beginning Opening line Readers start
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