a persuasive article starting with an event like "On October 18, 1990, a young man waked into St. Paul's Cathedral in London England....." Is this an effective method to interest the reader.

Question

Also, is starting a persuasive article or essay with a historical event or a current event good at all and does it make people interested?

Answer 1

Possibly, but there's no way to really tell until you have written all the rest of your paper except for the conclusion.

Use these sites for help with all parts of persuasive and other types of essays:

http://www.powa.org/

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
... especially in the Essay & Research Paper level

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Use the list at the left as the table of contents.