1. INTRODUCTIONS & CONCLUSIONS!

2. According to a recent study, did you know it takes approximately 3-6 seconds for a person to form a judgment about you after meeting you for the FIRST time?
How would this relate to an introduction for an essay or speech?

3. Crafting Your Introduction
Attention-Getter
Connect to/mention the topic
Focus on the issue/prompt
THESIS STATEMENT!

4. Attention Getter “Hook” Ideas
Anecdote:
A personal story or descriptive experience
Statistic:
CITE where you got the fact from!
Single word or phrase that relates to your topic for “shock” value

5. Intro “NO NOs” 
NO QUESTIONS
NO FIRST PERSON
…repeat: NO QUESTIONS!!!

6. Crafting Your Conclusion
RESTATE your thesis:
Use DIFFERENT words!!!
Return/connect back to the attention-getter:
Use DIFFERENT words to express the SAME idea!
Last few sentences indicate what the reader should now do ABOUT your topic…how can they help? How can they support you?

7. Conclusion “NO NOs”  DO NOT write, “In conclusion…” or “To conclude,”
or “To sum up,”
NO FIRST PERSON
Thesis MUST be reworded!
Do NOT introduce a new idea or concept at the END of your paper! 