bạn cần nhiều hơn một dấu phẩy để tách chúng. Không có lỗi là phổ biến hơn so với mối nối bằng dấu phẩy, học tập để tránh họ và / hoặc sửa chữa chúng là cải thiện đáng kể duy nhất bạn có thể thực hiện bằng văn bản của bạn. | writing a strong introduction 161 2. Ask a startling question. Are you willing to watch a polar bear die of starvation Note that this question combines two strategies It provides a challenge to the reader and simultaneously shocks with its implicit suggestion that starving polar bears might exist. This is a stronger opening sentence than one that asks Is global warming harming polar bears That is a perfectly legitimate opening question but not a particularly strong one. 3. Quote an authority on your subject. In a shrinking ice environment the ability of polar bears to find food to reproduce and to survive will all be reduced said Scott Schliebe Alaskan polar bear project leader for the . Fish and Wildlife Service. Finding a quotation strong enough to serve as your introductory statement can be difficult but it may be worth the hunt. If you haven t found a good quotation in print consider doing some telephone interviewing you may find someone who will give you the kind of quotation you re looking for. 4. Describe an imaginary scenario. Think of what the world would be like if there were no more polar bears no more ice pack no more Arctic Circle at all. Be careful when you construct an imaginary scenario you have to create a believable if extreme situation or your reader will dismiss you immediately as an illogical thinker about to make a ridiculous argument. 5. Begin with an anecdote personal or not. Research scientists in the Canadian Wildlife Service are reporting dramatic declines in the polar bear population. Eyewitness accounts by field workers describe the bears as growing visibly skinnier because they can t find enough food. It takes a bit longer to begin with an anecdote but they can be very vivid. Newspaper and magazine writers frequently use this strategy to set the scene for the article that is to follow. 162 writing your first draft 6. Set the scene with interesting background information. Global warming may be a difficult subject for the individual .
