A first glance at the title “I Want a Wife” might lead the reader to believe that the author is a man, but this is merely Syfers showing her confidence that her readers are alert and observant. (topic sentence) She expects that they noticed her name beneath the headline and after reading her first line, “I belong to that classification of people known as wives,” expects that they will realize the article is written from the first person point of view. She anticipates these astute purchasers of Ms. Magazine will question why a women is writing that she wants a wife. Thus the title and first line work together to hook the readers’ curiosity forcing them to read paragraph after paragraph to determine why a woman wants a wife. This a key strategy Syfers employs to hint that marriage is not as fulfilling to women as it is for men. (closing sentence)