Attention Getter Quiz

Which part of the introduction is about "hooking" the audience--getting them to want to listen?

• Thesis Statement
• Link
• Attention-getter
• Preview Statement

Which type of attention-getter is used to jolt (surprise or shock) your audience into listening?

• startling statements
• questions
• narrative
• quotation

The attention getter that is going to intrigue the audience is a

• link
• introduction
• overview
• hook

A dictionary contains a definition of friendship somewhere in the F’s between the words “fear” and “Friday.” An encyclopedia supplies interesting facts on friendship. But all the definitions and facts do not convey what friendship is really all about. It cannot be understood through words or exaggerations. The only way to understand friendship is through experience. It is an experience that involves all the senses.
What is the hook? 

• A dictionary contains a definition of friendship.
• A dictionary contains a definition of friendship somewhere in the F’s between the words “fear” and “Friday.
• A dictionary contains a definition of friendship somewhere in the F’s between the words “fear” and “Friday.” An encyclopedia supplies interesting facts on friendship.
• This has no hook. 

What is the first sentence of your entire paper called

• The attention-getter
• The thesis statement
• The transition
• The introduction paragraph

There are three common types of lead-ins:

• quotation, question, and provocative statement.
• prediction, suggestion, and quotation.
• statistics, anecdote, and expert opinion
• example, personification, and quote.

How many people were killed in traffic accidents last year as a result of someone texting while driving?

• Anecdote or example
• Question
• Startling fact
• Unusual Opinion

"I told her over and over not to text while she was driving."

• Question
• Anecdote or Example
• Quotation
• Background Information

Jenny is driving down Ironwood on her way to school. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees her phone move across the car seat and hears it vibrate. Even though she knows it's dangerous to text while driving, she feels she must read it. Slowing down slightly, she reaches for the phone. Trying to do two things at once - read the message and keep her eyes on the road - she fails at both.

• Background Information
• Anecdote or Example
• Unusual Opinion
• Question

Between 2,000 and 3,000 people are injured every year in car accidents as a result of someone texting.

• Unusual Opinion
• Set the Scene
• Opposite of Thesis
• Startling Fact