Type of Hooks

Different types of hooks

by Joshua Strausser

Onomatopoeia

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​Start your essay with a BANG!

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​Sound words used to create excitement, interest, or to just catch the readers attention.

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​Use lots of punctuation, and have lots of fun with it.

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​Ex. Bang! Pow! Bop! Crash!

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​Personal Anecdotes

​Tell a story from your past that relates to the topic.

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​Used to relate the reader with the author, also relates reader to the subject.

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​Creates emotional ties from the reader to the subject.

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​Ex. It was a cold August day the first time I ate a chocolate chip cookie.

​Rhetorical Questions

​Begin with a question!

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​Ask the audience a question that you know they can't answer!

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​Creates interest by making the audience think about things they didn't think about before.

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​Ex. Have you ever had the word's greatest cookie?

Statistic

Use stats to bolster your argument.

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Used to create a factual basis for your

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​Ex. 1/4 people have never had a chocolate chip cookie!?

​Metaphors

​Compare your subject to another thing using metaphors!

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​Metaphors compare things to other things WITHOUT using like or as.

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​Makes audience think about subject through a creative viewpoint.

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​Ex. Chocolate chip cookies are the golden nectar from mount Olympus.