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Educational Support Services Developing the Topic in the Introductory Paragraph Copy: Janet Farra Design: Verna Fisher Here are five common ways to develop your topic in the introductory paragraph: 1. Anecdotes – a short story (true or fictional) 2. Define/Explain – background information, statistics or definition of issue 3. Quote 4. Popular Argument – a commonly held idea 5. Question Anecdote sample He just had time for the fleeting thought that the port-a-potty on the trailer did not look secure before it shook itself free, tumbling into traffic. The fiberglass box landed on the hood of his car, slid up his windshield, over the roof, and down the back, ruining the antenna as it went. While the engine and steering were unharmed, the damage to the body of my son’s nine-year-old car left it totaled. Sometimes momentous changes that happen quickly can remind us that life is fragile. Define/Explain sample Obesity is on the rise in America. Often referred to by the medical profession as “overweight,” our hefty size has contributed to higher incidence of diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension. Doctors are reporting that obesity is becoming an epidemic, as even children are now suffering from these diseases once thought confined to adults. This is clogging our already troubled healthcare system. We must revisit our grandparent’s timely advice that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” in order to reverse this destructive trend. Quote sample “Life is pain, Princess. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” This harsh declaration by the Dread Pirate Roberts in the loveable comedy The Princess Bride effectively pops our cherished bubble of happily-ever-after. This dart of realism echoes American cultural changes as the white picket fence dream of the 1950s fades into the bleak scramble to make ends meet in the early twenty first century. Several factors have contributed to our current struggle: greed i