Becky

I read the book "dreamland" and i have to do a book report/summary about it.

I have just finished my first paragraph (my introduction paragraph) and i want to start the next paragraph which starts off the story/summary. I just dont want to start it with "it all started when..." or "once upon a time.." or "so this is what happened..".
I want it to be catchy and draw the attention to my teacher who is reading it. I just dont know how to start it.

What are some good ways to start off paragraphs to make them catchy? anything helps. even ideas or clues or hints or big descriptive words.

thanks soo much!

Ray

Give a well worded thesis of what you think the story was about in one sentence, followed by the summary. Take some specific examples from the story as a reference to your themes. The difficult part of writing this way is incorporating almost flowery language in a succinct way.
Good luck with your report!