Opening Paragraph for the Feature Article

An Opening Paragraph has four main parts: A hook, a transition sentence to your thesis statement, your thesis statement, and your transition to your first body paragraph.

The Hook: You have 3 options (Pick One):

Create a mental image for your reader

Ex: Imagine the awesome responsibility of defending someone when their life is on the line; some lawyers have to do this time and time again throughout their career!

Tell a story

Ex:  When I was in the fifth grade, a lawyer came to my elementary school and told us about his job as a prosecutor for the state of Kentucky; I knew then that I wanted to do the same thing to help fight crime!

State an interesting fact

        Ex. Most people probably feel like they can choose to be anything in life, but I think that I have a certain calling to have one type of career; my father, two uncles and grandfather are all mechanics!

Your Choice: ________________________

The Hook: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Transition sentence to your thesis statement (A basic statement that you want the occupation you just talked about):

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Your thesis statement (ex. To become a lawyer I will need to be understanding and hard working,  do very well in school all the way through law school, and deal with the daily stresses that accompany such a high stress occupation):

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Transition sentence to your first body paragraph: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________