Take a look at a sample attention getter that would support your thesis statement. there are 5 types of attention getters but we are going to focus on using just 1 type for this writing practice. let’s figure out how to identify quotes that would be useful ways to approach getting the attention of your audience. if i were writing an essay about dogs being superior to cats, for example, i might look for a quote about a dog being man’s best friend. if i were writing about the intricate workings of the brain, i might look for a quote about how men think. whatever i choose, i need to find some way to show that it is relevant to the rest of the essay throughout my paper. i will do this through transitions and a lead in to my thesis statement, which we will work on next. for today, find 5 quotes that might go with 5 thesis statements. here are the thesis statements i gathered: it is very interesting how the human brain weighs about 3 pounds. it is incredibe how the total amount of oxygen and blood that goes to the brain is only 20%. it is very useful in dangerous matter to know that the stop of blood circulation after eight seconds to the brain causes it to loose consciousness. it is so facinating how we grow older we are unable to remember new things because the brain is unable to filter and remove old memories. it's amazing how the human brain has 100 billion neurons.

some attention getter quotes to support your thesis regarding brain work could be the following: :

a. storage capacity of your brain is virtually unlimited.

b. your brain produces sufficient electricity to light-up a small bulb.

c. different brain circuits are involved with reading aloud or silently.

d. your brain by itself does not feel pain.

e. reading allows your brain to download info directly.

f. brains of two musicians performing together can synchronize.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d