Expository Writing Hooks

Example - What? You don't like the crunchy caterpillars on your pizza? 

• Question
• Idiom
• Personal Anecdote
• Definition

Example - I was living in Arkansas the first time I met prejudice face to face. 

• Question
• Exaggeration
• Setting
• Personal Anecdote 

Example - Now you are in a pickle. No food, no water, no shelter. What do you do?

• Quotation
• Exaggeration
• Idiom (Figure of Speech)
• Question

Example - Hyperbole means extreme exaggeration. I found it was easier to say this, than use it in my speech. 

• Idiom (Figure of Speech)
• Question
• Definition
• Quotation 

Example - A billion bikers can't be wrong. 

• Exaggeration
• Personal Anecdote
• Idiom (Figure of Speech)
• Definition 

Example - In a small school, tucked up in a hollow in Kentucky, students are discovering the power of excellence. 

• Exaggeration
• Personal Anecdote
• Setting
• Question

Example - "Give me liberty or give me death." 

• Question
• Quotation 
• Personal Anecdote
• Setting

Example - Whew! And you thought the desert was hot!

• Definition
• Exaggeration
• Exclamation
• Idiom

Example - Each year there is one Lego block made for every person in the world. Think about it. 

• Fascinating Fact
• Personal Anecdote
• Exaggeration
• Definition

Example - I will always remember my grandmother for her kindness and generosity. 

• Setting
• Exaggeration 
• Idiom (Figure of Speech) 
• Author's Feeling