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Interesting titles (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by orcrist@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?

I'm writing a document for high school students taking an English writing class, and rather than create my own examples, why not use real ones? Several of my students have expressed frustration, and I have some guidelines and brainstorming tools, but what I don't have are two dozen neat examples.

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[–] loopy@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is the overall goal to teach them? Do they need to be journal articles? The most “grabby” headliners I have noticed are on marketing items. Especially if you want to appeal to a younger audience, you could screenshot examples from Snapchat tabloids. “Top 17 ways to get your SO to notice you more,” “Prince Harry did the unthinkable,” “How to instantly cut fat out of your diet,” etc.

Their goal is to “hook” you into reading or scrolling or watching. Journal articles might do this on a much milder scale. “Novel method for disposing of plastics.” So you think: Novel? Must be revolutionary. Let’s find out.

Idk I hope that helps.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Thank you, and it does!

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are literally libraries full of them.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

There are libraries full of articles, but only a fraction of a percent of those are actually exciting. I'm looking for ones that catch the reader's attention.