Argumentative Writing: Introductions

Multiple Choice

Read the following attention grabbers, then write the type of each: a rhetorical question, an anecdote, or a shocking fact.

There's no hope, is there?

• Rhetorical question

• Anecdote

• Shocking fact

Multiple Choice

Read the following attention grabbers, then write the type of each: a rhetorical question, an anecdote, or a shocking fact.

You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him.

• Rhetorical question

• Anecdote

• Shocking fact

Multiple Choice

Read the following attention grabbers, then write the type of each: a rhetorical question, an anecdote, or a shocking fact.

100 acres of Pizza are served in the U.S. every day!

• Rhetorical question

• Anecdote

• Shocking fact

Multiple Choice

Read the following attention grabbers, then write the type of each: a rhetorical question, an anecdote, or a shocking fact.

Do you want to be a big failure for the rest of your life?

• Rhetorical question

• Anecdote

• Shocking fact

Open Ended

Write a claim about one of the two following topics:

a. eating junk food

b. using social media