Leads and Closings

The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?

• Hook or lead

• Background Information

• Thesis Statement

• Claim

One type of hook you can use for writing is called an anecdote. What is the definition of anecdote?  

• A short explanation of the topic
• A short story or scene using descriptive language (imagine)
• A striking fact or statistic
• A question that has a yes or no answer. 

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which type of hook is this? 
John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement." 

• Rhetorical Question  
• Anecdote 
• Quote 
• Startling Fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

If you use the "rhetorical question" as your hook, you should use an open ended question, NOT a question that would have a yes or no answer. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.K.1D

CCSS.SL.K.3

Which type of hook is this? 
“As my cousin and I pedaled our new bikes to the beach, 6 years old, suntanned and young, we met an old, shaggy-haired man weaving unsteadily on a battered old bike.”

• Rhetorical Question
• Quote
• Interesting Fact/Statistic
• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which type of hook is this? 
“What would you do if you could play God for a day? That’s exactly what the leaders of the tiny island nation of Guam tried to answer.”

• Quote
• Rhetorical Question
• Fact
• Statistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.1

Which type of hook is this?

“Spain, though hardly a literary powerhouse, translates more books in one year than the entire world has in the past one thousand years.”

• Anecdote

• Surprising statement or fact

• Rhetorical Question

Which type of hook is this?

Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.

• Shocking statement or fact

• Quote

• Example

A conclusion should NOT.... 

• Connect the ideas back the topic.
• Excite the reader about the topic.
• Introduce a new topic.
• Restate the topic in a different way.

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CCSS.W.11-12.1E

CCSS.W.11-12.2F

The following image is an example of this type of closing...

• Circular ending

• Call to action

• Quote

• Emotional of reflective statement