Sparking an Interest

I’ve noticed that with every article they have a bolded title that captures your attention. It’s something that sparks interest and makes you wonder what they are talking about, so you’ll want to read it. A good title is very important because it is what motivates someone to read what you’ve wrote. If you have a lame title, people will assume that you have a lame paper. The writers also make the first or second sentence of the paper something clever to make the audience enjoy his/her writing style and want to continue reading. After that they go straight into what they will be talking about. This technique is good because we don’t have long attention spans and it quickly obtains the readers’ focus. Another tool they use is lots of statistics and true stories to back up their claim. It almost seems that with the stories they try to pick the worst or most touching ones. Also, just like the articles we read in class, they give a easy to see reasons why they have that opinion. Each reason connects with the next, so you want to keep reading. Finally, their ending is very forward. They want to leave an impression on the audience because the ending is what a reader will remember the most. A good beginning catches the readers’ attention, while a great ending leaves them thinking about what was written and that they enjoyed the paper.