Opening Lines and Ending Lines of an essay

Hope these opening lines and ending lines of an essay are utilized when writing an essay.A

OPENING LINES

n  USE WORDS TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE

     Eg.  “The door creaked as it opened, cobwebs hung low from the ceiling...”

n  START WITH AN ACTION

     Eg.1 “I ran as fast as I could. I could hear footsteps following me....”

     Eg 2  The sound of breaking glass caught my attention. I got up with a start. Then I   

               jumped out of my bed and tiptoed downstairs.

n  TRY A SURPRISE TECHNIQUE BY SAYING SOMETHING TOTALLY UNEXPECTED

     Eg. “I stared at his green eyes.”

n  BEGIN WITH A QUESTION

     Eg. “What makes a child rebel?”

n  USE A QUOTATION TO INTRODUCE YOUR ARGUMENT

     Eg. “Two is company,” they say but in this case they spelt trouble

n  START WITH A FACTUAL STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE YOUR THEME

     Eg. “Nobody can live without air.”

n  BEGIN WITH A DIALOGUE

    Eg. “Don’t move! There’s a gun pointed at your temple,” a harsh voice warned. I froze in  

            terror. As I stood rooted to the ground, I followed the movements of the stranger.

n  DESCRIBE THE SETTING

     Eg. The large house stood in the middle of a large plot of land. The garden was full of

flowering plants of all kinds. As the flowers were all blooming, their different scents mixed, sending out a sweet aroma. The shady  trees along the meandering path provided a cool shade from the blazing sun.

n  BEGIN WITH FLASHBACK

     Eg   The frail figure leaned on his walking stick. He adjusted his glasses at the tip of his

            nose and looked at the children playing in the field. His memory went back to the

            time when he was a boy. It was 60 years ago. He was only six years old.

n  BEGIN WITH A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MAIN CHARACTER

     Eg   Jeremy was in his late fifties, a tall man with wiry grey hair, alert eyes, a firm mouth

             and a prominent nose. He was always laughing with delight or fuming with anger.

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METHODS OF ENDING

v  SUM UP YOUR IDEAS

   Eg. “Handphones, all said and  done, are here to stay.”

v  END A STORY WITH A CLIMAX

   Eg. “We turned around.  There  was nobody there!”

v  FINISH BY ANTICIPATING WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE

   Eg. “Who knows, perhaps we will have robots doing all our chores in the future!”

v  USE A SENTENCE THAT HAS AN AIR OF  FINALITY

    Eg. “It was a lovely day, one I will never forget.”

v  MAIN CHARACTER’S MEMORIES

    Eg. I will never forget the time I went against my mother’s advice. Even after all these

          years, the incident remains fresh in my memory and I still keep thinking about it every

           now and then.

v  MAIN CHARACTER’S WISH OR HOPE

    Eg. How I wish that the whole incident could be erased from my memory forever. I also

           pray that I will never again be tempted to use the lonely path again.

v  MAIN CHARACTER’S DECISION

     Eg . From that day onwards, I decided that I would never use the short cut across the   

            cemetery. Even if someone agreed to accompany me or if someone suggested taking

            the short cut, I still preferred to take the longer and safer route home.

v  A LESSON LEARNT FROM THE EXPERIENCE

     Eg.   Every cloud has a silver lining, goes the saying. Although I experience great anguish,

             the incident has taught me a valuable lesson – that I should always listen to good

             advice.