Frustrated College Student
Starting a term paper is often the hardest part of writing. Some call it writer’s block but whatever makes the term paper hard to start is a major hurdle towards moving on into the meat of the paper. We can help you start any term paper or research paper with just a few simple tricks that will guarantee you never struggle with that opening sentence again!
First begin by writing down the main points of your term paper. You only need to write two or three main points on a piece of paper. Then look at them and think “why did I choose those points”? “What ties these things together?” For example, if I’m doing a term paper on the civil rights movement, I may write down: Martin Luther King Jr., the 1960’s, and segregation. Obviously I chose these points because they are important to the civil rights movement but why? Ah ha! I get it! A good opening sentence of a term paper starts by catching your attention with previewing what the paper is going to be about.
So in my sample topic of the civil rights movement, I begin my paper by telling the reader why my main topics are important. In my example, the beginning goes something like this:
It took strong leadership (Martin Luther King Jr.), an era of uprising and rebellion (the 1960’s) and the ultimate travisty of dehumanizing men and women (segregation) to incite the civil rights movement in the United States.
And there you go! Three easy steps that take only 5 minutes and you are off to a great start in any paper. 1) Make a list of main points 2) Ask your self why are these important 3) Tell your reader why they are important and how they tie together = Opening sentence that is informative and interesting.
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