Titles,beginnings, and endings

• Getting Respone and Revising (pg. 213-214)

I don't exactly agree on the part about titles. It says to recognize if it grabs your attention or is it interesting. Well I have always been taught to not judge a book, or in this case a paper, by its cover, or in this case its title. It could be the most boring paper in the world but have a really catchy title. On the other hand it could be an awesome paper and have a boring, dull title. The part that really matters is the first few sentences to a paper or book. Those first few sentences or even first paragraph has to grab a readers attention. If it does not, readers will not read much further than that. The ending is also important. The author must make sure whatever his or her point is made by the end. If a reader is interested and reads the whole paper but the end is horrible, they will be disappointed. They will not have good things to say about your paper simply because of how it ended. So I would say to worry about the beginning and ending sentences more than a title. Recognize how most readers are going to go about reading your paper. :)