Originally Posted by Monk

On average the checker has 7 minutes for your Essay so it's advisable to open your Essay with thesis statement; the idea is to facilitate him and save his time, tell him in your introduction that on what side of argument you are.

You should dramatise your opening only if your dramatisation is interesting enough to mesmerise the checker. You should bear in mind that what is intriguing or dramatising for you might be dull and wastage of time for the checker. It would be a risk but as they say " greater the risk greater the return "