Start your paper with a surprising fact or statistic. Here is an example:
According to statistics put out by the Department of Corrections, nearly two thirds of
California’s inmates read below a ninth grade level. More than half read at a seventh grade
level
and a whopping 21 percent can’t read a third grade textbook (Sterngold).
In other words,
most of our prisoners are illiterate. Those who are illiterate often feel trapped in their lives with
few options. Many of these people get taken advantage of. Many cannot speak on their own
behalf, especially when authority figures have command of the written word. The way to
change this imbalance of power is to become literate. In other words, literacy helps people
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