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Try Other Beginnings 🟪 Here are some other ways to start your report with a hook.
- Use a dramatic statement.
When European naturalists first saw a stuffed platypus, they thought it was a fake.
- Use a quotation from something you’ve read.
Stephen Colbert said this about the platypus: “That’s not a finished product. It’s clearly still in beta.”
- Introduce your subject.
A platypus seems like a cross between an otter and a duck.
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Use Different Text Structures 🟪 Abe uses order of location to describe the habitat of the platypus. (See pages 24–26 for more text structures.)
Platypuses are small animals that live in Australia and other islands around that area. They range from the tropical lowlands to as high as the Australian Alps. Although platypuses have been sighted in saltwater, they thrive by lakes, streams, ponds, and other freshwater systems. They live half on land and half in water and make their dens . . .