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WRITING ATTENTION-GETTERS

 

 

Directions: Assume that you are planning a speech to your class on your latest family vacation or outing, which was a disaster.  Write five potential attention-getters, one of each type specified below.

 

 

  1. Ask questions.(Rhetorical)

 

 

 

 

  1. Make reference to audience members.

 

 

 

 

  1. Use one or more startling statements.

 

 

 

 

  1. Use a quotation.

 

 

 

 

  1. Tell a story