Introductions

The introduction needs to catch the reader's attention and pull him into the paper.
Some tricks to help make your introduction interesting are as follows:

1. Set a scene/mood/picture through description

2. Pull out your quote book. Find a saying/phrase/adage/proverb: Begin with a saying and then set out to prove or disprove it.

3. Pull out your quote/anecdote book. Write an anecdote/illustration/example/incident

4. Use quotes of any kind from poem, songs, nursery rhymes, movies

4. Ask a question

5. Describe a person's physical appearance or a unique trait/characteristic

6. Write a controversial statement

7. Include an element of surprise

8. Include a note of contradiction

9. Write a short, dramatic statement

10. Use statistics to impress, stun and hit home.

11. Use a figure of speech (simile or metaphor)

12. Make a reference to a current event

13. Ask a rhetorical question.

14. Write a definition (your own, not Webster's)